Category: Family

Cathy and I returned yesterday from a 5-day trip to Kelowna for my daughter’s wedding. I’ll just talk about family stuff briefly – as usual, this post is mostly about the experience of travel. We flew from Whitehorse to Kelowna (via Vancouver) on an Air North Boeing 737 Thursday...

Friday, Saturday and Sunday were busy days, with visits to more of Santa Barbara’s attractions, flying to Kelowna for a day there, and then flying home. The first order of business was lunch, but on the way this tattoo parlour caught my eye. Often a sign that you’re in...

I may be back home in the Yukon now, but my head is still in California 🙂 We spent Friday seeing more of Santa Barbara, with the main destination for the day being the historic Mission. Mission Santa Barbara was founded by Franciscan Padre Fermín Lasuén on December 4,...

On Thursday, Dad and I were out exploring on our own around Santa Barbara, and it turned out to be very different than we had intended when I found a road along the very top of the Santa Ynez Mountains. We were on the road just after 9:00 am,...

It’s now Wednesday and we’re in Victoria, on board the cruise ship Norwegian Sun. I just re-boarded after going ashore simply to get an Internet signal strong enough to download some photos so I can show you what we’ve been up to the past few days. On Saturday, Dad...

Many months ago, I booked a trip for my Dad and I that was based around an 11-night cruise from Vancouver to San Diego on the Celebrity Millennium. Unfortunately, a month ago the “Millie” started having serious propulsion problems, and our cruise was cancelled. I was able to re-book...

Like every other Yukon and Alaska blogger, I was going to tell you about the incredibly warm weather we were having last week. Although I missed that window, I do want to show those of you who live elsewhere a couple of photos. This is not what shovelling snow...

I’m a few days behind again – we had little free time while we were in Kelowna, and I’m just getting things back to normal now after getting home Sunday night. Friday began wet and dreary – this was the view (or lack of) from Dad’s deck in West...

It was a calm morning, chatting with Dad over a couple of pots of coffee, enjoying the view from his place high on a hill overlooking Okanagan Lake in West Kelowna. I had 2 things on my list for the day – to re-visit Father Pandosy Mission and then...

Cathy and I are “on the road” again, this time a 5-day trip to Kelowna, British Columbia, to help my Dad celebrate his 90th birthday. For the first time ever, we picked a very civilized flight time that allowed for a calm morning. This is our Air Canada Express...