BC RVing: Highways 16, 37, and 37A to Stewart
Tuesday, October 6th, day 28 of the trip, was going to be a fairly long day, 552 km from just west of Fort Fraser to Stewart. It got even longer and much less fun when we were attacked in the early afternoon, resulting in several thousand dollars in damage...
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Puppy, tours, logging, websites… and tragedy
Although I haven’t posted here much lately, it’s not because there’s nothing going on. It’s not all exciting stuff, and not even all happy stuff, but it keeps me busy. One of my greatest joys is certainly Bella. Watching her grow up has been wonderful – she’s as beautiful...
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BC’s Highway of Tears, Highway 16
I don’t often write about negative things. I try to avoid negative things as much as possible, and I don’t like to pass any on. But this is a subject that I’ve been following for many years, has been in my face during my last 2 long road trips...
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Mayerthorpe, Alberta – a community honours dedication and sacrifice
On March 3, 2005, life ended for four members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police while performing their duties, and life changed for many others as a result of those deaths. The small northern Alberta farming community of Mayerthorpe could have become known simply as the nearest community to...
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My introduction to Ontario
I’m on the road again, this time about 3,200 kilometers from home, in southern Ontario visiting Cathy’s parents. This is my first trip to Ontario since a school trip in 1968, and my first real look at any of the province. I found researching what to see and where...
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A hotel / motel scam to be aware of
This is kind of scary if only because of how simple it is. I’ll bet this works all too often. You arrive at your hotel/motel and check in at the front desk. When checking in, you give the front desk your credit card (for all the charges for your...
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Visiting Canada with a DUI
The subject of whether or not a person can visit Canada if they’ve got a criminal record of any kind, particularly DUIs (drunk driving), comes up so often on travel Forums that I thought I’d post the regs here for easy access. The summary, cut-and-pasted from canadainternational.gc.ca (the easiest-to-understand...
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Abandoned ammunition?
I was on the Port of San Diego Web site today to read about their new cruise terminal. I got side-tracked by the Harbor Police blotter, and was more than a little surprised to see week after week, multiple “incidents of abandoned ammunition” at the San Diego airport. Huh???...
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Tragedy at Hoonah, Alaska
I’ve been too stunned by Saturday night’s murder of 2 of the 3 police officers in Hoonah, Alaska, to even comment. There probably are no words to properly describe what I feel, being from a small town, being a former RCMP auxiliary member and being the father of a...
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The RCMP on TV – “Courage in Red”
A new TV series about the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, “Courage in Red” began on OLN last night. I hadn’t heard about it, but luckily checked my Facebook account and saw a message about it. I encourage everyone with an interest in policing in any form to tune in...
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