Quesnel to Whitehorse, via the Stewart-Cassiar Highway Having reached Quesnel at a reasonable hour Friday evening, I had a good night’s sleep and was away from the Gold Pan Motel by 4:30 am. I planned on a very long day, with Dease Lake the hoped-for destination. It was inky...

Richmond to Quesnel, via the Fraser Canyon and Cariboo I’ve just returned from another trip, short in time but long in miles. A friend from Vancouver has just moved to Whitehorse, and when I found out that she’s not a fan of long-distance driving, I offered to drive her...

From September 16-23, 2013, I sailed on the Norwegian Sun from Vancouver to Los Angeles with my 90-year-old father. To give you some background about us for perspective on this review, this was my 14th cruise, and my father’s 3rd. I’ve sailed on Royal Caribbean, Celebrity, Holland America, Princess,...

It’s always great to get home after a long trip. As much as I enjoyed all the places Dad and I visited, I can’t really imagine a place other than the Yukon being my home. Sometimes I need to take a drive to re-confirm that last statement, so yesterday,...

Friday, Saturday and Sunday were busy days, with visits to more of Santa Barbara’s attractions, flying to Kelowna for a day there, and then flying home. The first order of business was lunch, but on the way this tattoo parlour caught my eye. Often a sign that you’re in...

I may be back home in the Yukon now, but my head is still in California 🙂 We spent Friday seeing more of Santa Barbara, with the main destination for the day being the historic Mission. Mission Santa Barbara was founded by Franciscan Padre Fermín Lasuén on December 4,...

On Thursday, Dad and I were out exploring on our own around Santa Barbara, and it turned out to be very different than we had intended when I found a road along the very top of the Santa Ynez Mountains. We were on the road just after 9:00 am,...

We spent a second day at sea on Sunday the 22nd, our final full day on the Norwegian Sun. I haven’t said much about the ship yet, and I’m going to skip past this sea day now. When I get home I’ll write up a full review of the...

I’m now way behind in my posts – we’ve been in Santa Barbara for a couple of days. Saturday the 21st was our scheduled day in San Francisco, when we would meet Cathy and her girlfriends for lunch. The original cruise we’d booked, on the Celebrity Millennium, overnighted in...

Astoria was the port I was really looking forward to on this cruise on the Norwegian Sun I may have passed through briefly during a drive a few decades ago, but had never had a good look at the community. A couple of history-oriented friends in Whitehorse like it,...