I’m in the middle of the next major step in our renovation – laying several hundred square feet of walnut hardwood. We got a good deal on what we needed almost a year ago and it’s been stashed in various places around the house since then, and the air...

Thanks to fellow Whitehorse blogger Meandering Michael, I was at the airport at sunrise today to get some more photos of an Mi-26T helicopter, the largest current-production helicopter in the world. The last time this aircraft was in Whitehorse (the only time, I believe) was in early May 2006,...

Early Spring, when Yukoners and Alaskans try to blow the winter cobwebs out of their brains. It looks like everyone is on the road this weekend. On Friday we went to Carcross and I dug my way into the long-neglected cabin through thigh-deep snow. It felt great to sit...

This time of year, I start digging through the snow looking for Spring. Well actually I go looking for bare ground – the sun now has enough heat to warm the ground and get things dried out and growing weeks earlier than if I let Mother Nature do her...

When I woke up yesterday morning it was -26°C here! (that’s -15°F). The weather forecast showed 42F and mostly sunny for Skagway, so when my buddy Rob phoned, he and I quickly decided that heading south to Alaska was a better idea than working 🙂 For the first 70...

Although Cathy and I are well aware that there is a lot going on in Whitehorse at any given time, we just don’t get out much, though we regret not doing so. One of the first things that impresses people about Whitehorse is the number of artists here and...

Those of you who drive up 2nd Avenue in Whitehorse may have been wondering what’s going on behind Erik’s Audiotronic. Well, this is going to be the home of a new company in town – one in a field that may surprise many of you. Although tourism in general...