Category: Weather

The sky yesterday morning was wonderful for a few minutes – these pastels are winter-only colours. Yesterday was a cleaning-up day, starting with clearing the snow that’s fallen the past few days. Not a lot but if you let it build up it gets tough to move. I thought...

Despite weather forecasts that called for sun in both Whitehorse and Skagway today, it turned out to be high fog for most of the day. Dropping down to Tutshi Lake, the scene was stunning, though – a gunmetal-gray lake below and thick fog of the same colour parting just...

As the snow gets deeper and deeper, my mind occasionally wanders to warm places, and last night I ended up in Costa Rica, where friends of mine are developing property, and then in Panamá. I love history as much as I love warm beaches, and I discovered that the...

Yesterday we just got a few flakes of snow, but last night it came down heavy and wet for a while starting at about 7:00. I had never heard that heavy, wet snow could kill satellite TV reception, but when we totally lost the HD channels and then the...

Cathy and I went down to Skagway yesterday, as we often do on the last day of the Alaska cruising season. It always leaves me wondering why people choose a cruise this late. Yes I know it’s a few dollars cheaper, but check out the photos below – would...

I’ve got to get out of here. The gorgeous summers here are what make winter bearable, but it’s cold and wet and the forecast calls for crap far into the future. I know that southern BC is burning up and our Firecats have gone to Prince George, but Telegraph...

Come on now – it’s June 8. Making it snow like this just isn’t funny – if I want snow I know where to find it, and the $300 worth of flowers I just planted are no doubt even less pleased about it than I am. Edit: 9:35 am...