I hadn’t been down to Skagway since the 18th of December, and for weeks I’d been watching for the right combination of decent weather and a “free” day. There’s actually no such thing as a free day anymore, but a day with nothing really important to be done. I...

At 9:30 last night I posted this on Facebook: “I should be watching a great display of the aurora borealis right now. The current report from The Geophysical Institute says so! But as usual, there’s nothing – it’s been a very long time since I’ve seen a good display...

This post was originally made an hour before the devasting earthquake hit Christchurch. Our hearts go out to all the people of New Zealand 🙁 The new slogan for Tourism New Zealand is “New Zealand Never Leaves You“. For both Cathy and I, that is certainly a true statement....

This USAF Open Skies OC-135B Observation Aircraft was in Whitehorse on February 17, 2011. A chance phone call to my wife alerted me to its presence, and I spent over an hour filming the activity around it, much of it seeming to be dealing with the air temperature of...

I’ve just posted a lengthy photojournal from one of my 6½ weeks on Alaska cruise ships in 2010, this one a 7-night northbound from Vancouver to Whittier on the Coral Princess. There are 146 photos of everything from various features of the ship to sights and activities in the...

Despite a good weather forecast for this past weekend, I had good intentions to get some work done. Then a couple came into the office and I got a reminder that this was Yukon Quest weekend – how did that sneak up on me? Cathy had heard that the...

I’ve been quiet here on the blog for a couple of weeks now. Life got very, very busy and there was just no time (and I wasn’t doing anything very interesting anyway), but now there’s a calm spot 🙂 This past weekend, Cathy and I made a quick trip...

We’re now in the most extreme part of winter. It can go from being very dark and ugly to being stunningly beautiful in a very short period. The first photo was shot from my desk at the travel agency on Friday at 09:53 am, with ice fog caused by...

Dreaming about a Danube River cruise, I was looking at possible flights to Europe this year. There are 4 main possibilities, but all are either awkward or expensive. For the first week of June: Condor: Whitehorse to Frankfurt and back, direct both ways – $921 per person, but only...

The world’s weather seems to get more bizarre every year. Yesterday, 49 states had snow cover according to the National Weather Service (every state but Florida, which did have snow a few days ago). Here in the Yukon, it’s looking like it will go a bit below -40°C tonight,...