Well, I had planned to stay home yesterday, but when I saw sunshine instead of the forecast clouds at Hinton, those plans changed. I started driving west with the intention of making it a short day in Jasper in case the snow arrived, but as I neared the junction...

There’s a bit more about last night’s drive that I want to tell you about, but it doesn’t belong in the main article. I was watching the weather forecast all day yesterday, and when I made the decision to go, it wasn’t very good, calling for wind and 2-4...

On March 3, 2005, life ended for four members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police while performing their duties, and life changed for many others as a result of those deaths. The small northern Alberta farming community of Mayerthorpe could have become known simply as the nearest community to...

Yesterday was supposed to be an at-home day. No, really, it was – I was just going out for groceries! After putting a few bags of food in the trunk, I decided to go a few miles and get photos of some highway signs for my files, like this...

Saturday was intended to be an inside day catching up on paperwork, but it didn’t work out that way. Just before 08:00, the kids left for Edmonton, en route to Maui. With the wind chill officially at -49°C (-56°F), Maui sure sounded like a good idea to me! Here’s...

Following Wednesday’s touring of Dawson Creek, I spent about 1/2 an hour taking more photos around Dawson Creek on Thursday morning, then headed for Hinton, 462 km to the southeast. By 08:40 I had crossed the border into Alberta and was well into the flat country on Highway 43....

This article was originally written for the Destination BC Blog, but when that was closed, I moved it here, under the same date. It’s sometimes hard to get past the visions that we have of communities that are based on postcard images shot in the summer. Visiting when most...

Tuesday was planned as another easy day with lots of time to stop to explore and photograph. The total mileage would only be 702 km (436 miles) – the previous day’s total from Whitehorse was 686 km. It would be a late start from Northern Rockies Lodge, though, to...

I’m back on the road again, this time for about 17 days, doing basically a loop around what Destination British Columbia calls the Great Northern Circle Route, with some changes. I left home on Monday just over 2 hours before sunrise, to catch dawn at Teslin. Gorgeous light looking...

Just after 9:00 last night, taking my puppy out for a short walk turned out to be the start of a very, very special night. At that time, there was just a small aurora borealis display showing on the north-eastern horizon. After bringing Bella back in the house, I...