Category: Museums & Archives

The Pima Air & Space Museum is one of the largest non-government funded aviation and space museums in the world, with over 400 aircraft spread over 80 acres, with six large hangars. They recommend 3-4 hours for a visit, but after 2 hours and 160 photos I was totally...

We’ve reached our final full day in Arizona – Friday, November 22nd. Our time in Tucson was split between the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum and the Pima Air & Space Museum, then we drove to our hotel near the Phoenix airport. Before leaving the Hotel McCoy, Andrea and I walked...

Our third day at Haines (Wednesday, August 21st) ended on a sour note with my bike breaking, removing one of our planned activities, but there’s always lots to do at Haines. By 06:00 on Thursday the 22nd I had a pot of coffee ready. We carry a blue jug...

I always enjoy seeing people share their passion, and the Hammer Museum is a perfect example of that. The small building in downtown Haines that began life as a private residence a century ago now houses a collection of 2,300 hammers. As impressive as that number is, there are...

On Thursday (August 5th), I drove to Teslin and back to have a look at the George Johnston Museum and to meet a staff member I’d been talking to online, and the director. Part of my reason for going was the firm up a basic template for showing each...

The main objective for Day 27 of our RV trip – Tuesday, May 22nd – was the Canadian Museum of Rail Travel in Cranbrook, which was closed when we were there 2 years ago. Then we’d move on to Sparwood, the first of the Crownest Pass coal mining towns...

More and more, we find that the slower we move and the more flexible we are, the better the trip is. But the reality is that there’s never enough time. At about 11:00 on Day 25 of the trip – Sunday, May 20th – we began the 228-km drive...

Cathy and I had 3 nights (July 31st and August 1st and 2nd) and 2 full days to explore the Dawson area. We didn’t have any plans, but saw a little bit of a lot, and spent a lot of time just relaxing at the Yukon River Campground in...

On Day 35 of the trip (May 30th) I drove the motorhome 95 km from Englishman River Falls Provincial Park to the Comox Valley Airport. The destination was the Comox Air Force Museum, but it was so good that I spent the night in a parking lot. The next...

We had almost given up on seeing Alert Bay, but decided to try again on Day 28 of the trip, May 23rd, before heading south. The ferry Bowen Queen approaching Port McNeill dock at 08:20. Normally the smaller Quadra Queen II is on this run, but she’s out of...