The 4-minute video posted below is from a 16mm film shot in 1949 by a woman on an Alaska trip. The 55-minute reel I have is probaby the second of three films covering her cruise from Seattle or Vancouver to Skagway, week-long trip down the Yukon River to Dawson...

One of the comments on my storm cleanup post got me to thinking about how many people aren’t where they want to be in a physical sense, and a post yesterday at Aasman’s site expanded that same question to the psychological place. I regularly re-evaluate where I am in...

Holy climate change, Batman – check out the weather forecast for Whitehorse for the next few days!...

Over the past 48 hours or so we’ve had high winds and almost constant snow. The wind and snow have stopped and now it’s time to assess the damage and start the cleanup. I was quite shocked to look out the bedroom window yesterday and see the portable garage...

November 26: I had to go into the cruise office this morning for a bit. This was the view as I pulled out of the driveway – while a contrast to the scenes of recent weeks, it’s great to be home. I took Cathy’s car, which our house-sitter has...

November 25: Yesterday was a long day, and it was nice to wake up in a comfortable bed. This was our first stay at the Acclaim Hotel but it won’t be our last. The only possible downside is that a lot of their amenities are fancy/gimmicky and hard to...

November 24: It’s time to leave the warmth. The weather reports from home don’t make that a very happy thing to have to do, but I do miss my home and my fur-kids. We had a 12:35 Air Canada flight to Toronto and then on to Calgary for the...

November 23: The plan for today was to go on a boat tour of the historic New River in Fort Lauderdale and then to just enjoy the beach. Watching the cruise ships come in while enjoying a coffee our balcony is a nice way to start the day. This...

November 22: The weather this morning wasn’t great – certainly not conducive to laying on the beach 🙂 This was the view from the balcony at 08:40 am. This would be a good day to drive up to West Palm Beach to see Cathy’s aunt Marilyn. It was a...

November 21: Today was exploring day, and Hertz came to pick us up at 10:00 (yes, we got off to a slow start again 🙂 ). We both really wanted to see alligators in the wild, and the hotel concierge had a printed card with directions to the highway...