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...

Well, Spring officially began about 5 hours ago. The images below show what things looked like here a few minutes ago. Whoopee, I love Spring! w00t… 🙂...

…into a brave new palette. I’m up to my neck in drywall filler and dust in 3 rooms, but in my typical “instant gratification” process, just had to paint a few walls that were finished. The first photo below shows the breakfast bay this morning, after the 1980s green...

One of the resources I keep handy for my ever-growing “to-do” list is the Web site for free woodworking plans at Google. These have been created using the very cool Google Sketchup program. I haven’t actually found time to use any of them yet, but Spring is coming (I...

When I get into “renovation” mode poor Subie loses her warm, dry bedroom – doesn’t she look like she deserves a trip to the Oregon coast?… or Phoenix… or Yuma… or Albuquerque…...