Category: Food & Drink

A milestone birthday on the beach at Waikiki

On Tuesday, we finally reached the special day that this trip was planned to celebrate – Cathy’s 50th birthday. After our long and hot day at Pearl Harbor the previous day, this would be a calm beach day, with dinner at a great restaurant that night. After a walk...
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Exploring Lahaina, Hawai’i

On Friday and Saturday, we were in Lahaina, Maui. I had a 5-hour scuba charter booked for Saturday morning, but other than that we had no plans. Seeing the sun rise from the top of Haleakala is one of the must-sees on Maui, but even with our overnight stay,...
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Exploring Kona, Hawaii

On Thursday, we were scheduled to be docked at Kailua-Kona (Kailua Village) from 11:00 am until 8:00 pm, and our plan was to rent a car and just explore Kona district, with a coffee plantation and a historic site being the must-sees. Sunrise off the west coast of the...
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Fall colours & the Yukon Suspension Bridge

I had to make a quick trip to Skagway yesterday to pick up some stuff for the motorhome at the post office and Wings, but with Fall colours at their peak, a great lunch at the Yukon Suspension Bridge and some other fun, it turned out to be a...
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Rudesheim, and cruising the Rhine River castles

What a day this was! On Saturday, we spent the morning in the charming little wine village of Rudesheim, then cruised through a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the castle-lined 65 km of the Rhine River downstream from Rudesheim. After editing, I have 714 photos in today’s folder. That’s probably...
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A day of discovery in Vancouver

On Monday we had a broad overview of Vancouver, yesterday we visited a few of the many attractions to see the details. This was the view from our 9th-floor room at the Westin Bayshore. A local we chatted with yesterday pointed out that while the downtown areas of many...
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Caribou Crossing, the Cocktail

One of the magazines we get that I really enjoy is “tidings“, a Canadian food and wine publication. In the May/June edition that recently arrived, there’s a feature article about cocktails, one of which is called “Caribou Crossing” – and, of course, I can’t let a name like that...
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A GMO-free Yukon?

Hi everyone, A committed group of concerned Yukoners has gotten together, built a website, launched a Facebook page, and started a petition to keep the Yukon GMO-Free. We know genetically modified organisms are already in a lot of the food you buy at the supermarkets that come up from...
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A roadside treat in Whitehorse – Barkers Crepe and Creamery

As in most communities, restaurants/cafes come and go frequently in Whitehorse. In many cases it really is sad to see, as we’ve lost some very good places to eat in recent years. One of the types of eateries that’s gaining in popularity, though, is the roadside wagon – we’ve...
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