Yesterday turned out much better than the forecast had indicated, and so the drive to Skagway and back was a much longer trip than I had expected. We stopped on the way to Skagway for a bit of a run at Tutshi Lake as usual, and then for a...

Do you remember having to write that essay at the start of every school year? Well, this graphic just about sums up my summer vacation this year!...

I need to go to Skagway today, and just checked the WP&YR webcams as well as Weather.com. It’s looking like not a bad day for the drive – a mildly rainy Fall day. I got lucky with the webcam, though – the first cruise ship of the day was...

You might notice that the blog has a new design (as of 05:30 this morning) – it’s not a radical change by any means, but it is different. The big changes are behind the scenes – it’s an up-to-the-minute design in terms of blog technology (it’s now powered by...

I know better than to shop at Walmart – you get what you pay for. But I wanted some prints yesterday, and that seemed like the easy road. Well, easy it was and cheap it was. But although the 4×6s are “good enough” for the purpose I want them,...

I keep an eye on the UAF Geophysical Institute aurora forecast site, but as you can see by today’s long-term forecast calendar, we’ve got another dull winter coming in terms of aurora borealis viewing. Not that we’re getting many clear nights anyway, but it’d be nice to be able...

A few days ago I was downtown putting gas in Subie when I heard a lot of roaring up at the airport. By the time I got up there, the last of 5 or 6 Firecats had just taken off. I decided that I really need a VHF/UHF scanner...

If you’re in Canada, have a Web site and own a domain name for it, you have received or will receive an envelope in the mail that looks like this: Don’t open it, throw it in the trash. Inside is what looks like an invoice to renew your domain,...

There was an interesting bird at the Whitehorse airport yesterday that may well be the start of serious money funnelling through this town. C-GIPI is a 1980 Dehavilland DHC-7-102 (commonly known as a Dash 7) conducting geotechnical surveys. My guess, due to the size of the aircraft, is that...

Every time I drive by the former Airline Inn on the Alaska Highway, I have to chuckle. This is being heavily promoted as Whitehorse’s newest luxury hotel. Some day. What it looks like is a cheap reno of a former $50-a-night dive. The photo of a very narrow hallway...