Category: Whitehorse

This is the fourth post in a row about photographing the aurora borealis, but it will be the last one for quite a while. The posts have been about progressively better displays, but there’s nowhere to go after this one. I haven’t seen any reports from scientists yet, but...

We’ve had some extremely optimistic aurora forecasts that turned out to be duds lately, but the night of October 7th-8th was very good, and the aurora was seen way down into the States. I was out shooting it twice. I wasn’t feeling well on the 7th so went to...

It’s hard to say what started this, but I noted yesterday that I had shot a dozen photos of Whitehorse from the top of the clay cliffs – part of the airport trail network – on May 14, 2000. I posted two of the ones that show the most...

For many Yukoners, aircraft are an important part of life – at the very least as a way to travel. Yesterday I went to the Whitehorse airport to see the air display that’s been part of our end-of-winter Rendezvous events since 1971, when 2 aircraft were on display. In...

I started by titling this post “Running errands at 40 below” then decided that normal terminology here might make no sense to people in other places 🙂 Anyway, with the temperature right at -40°C (which is also -40°F), I needed to go into Whitehorse this morning because I offered...

The process of disembarkation from the Koningsdam at Canada Place, getting a taxi, and getting to our flight home, had stressed me out but with Cathy’s help as well as good organization by the cruiseline and dock workers, and probably some luck, it was quick and simple. By 09:40...

I’ve started a couple of blog posts since my last one but have been unable to complete them and finally gave up on each and deleted them. Maybe I can finish this one. Although we haven’t had any hard frosts yet and daytime highs are still 10-12°C, Fall is...

Each summer, Cathy and I try to have one special day tucked away to remember when it’s 40 below zero – Sunday, August 27th will be that day this year. The fireweed on our property are the first of the Fall colours to get photo-worthy, but others won’t be...

Back in mid-May I did a 33.5-km wander around the southern part of Whitehorse by e-bike. Last week (August 23rd) I did a similar wander around the northern part of town. This route was 40.2 km – you can see details on my Trailforks page. Once again, I started...

This is the final post (for a long while at least) about biking in the area behind my home. I really want to show you this ride, though, because this section of the Trans Canada Trail is usually wet, muddy, and disappointing, but this one was dry and superb....