I first discovered the pleasures of snowshoeing while on a 3-day mushing expedition in the Rockies in 1991. I’ve had a traditional bent-wood set of snowshoes for many years, but haven’t put very many miles on them, usually opting to use cross-country skis instead. Cathy and I have found...

Wow, it’s the 7th of January already! Times does fly when you’re having fun 🙂 We had a very quiet New Year’s Eve as usual. The City put on an excellent fireworks display at 9:00 pm, and I made it to 11:50 before going to bed. Cathy says that...

Airline welcomes 31st destination into its domestic network CALGARY, Jan. 30, 2012 – WestJet today announced daily, non-stop service between Vancouver and Whitehorse, Yukon, beginning May 17, 2012. The announcement follows the release of schedule details for new service to Kingston, Jamaica, and Aruba and details of service to...

For the past year or so, Canadian Geographic magazine has been asking people to help them choose the cover of the next issue. The image below shows the current option. I chose the middle one – it’s dynamic and I like the clean, contrasting background that emphasizes the action....

Although Winter Solstice has passed so we’re getting more and more light each day, January is the month that usually brings the coldest temperatures, so I’m not going to get too cocky yet about having an easy winter. The weather so far this year has been incredibly erratic, but...

Merry Christmas to all of my friends and readers around the world. I hope that you have a wonderful day surrounded by people you love....

It’s been just over a month since my last post and I was having a bit of a blog-withdrawal issue, so I’m back. The reason that I was away for so long was simply that I didn’t have much to say. I’ve just been working, the weather’s been blah,...

For the past 3 days, everyone in Whitehorse is talking about the weather. On Wednesday we got one of the wilder storms I’ve seen in my 22 years in the Yukon. This is what the deck looked like at 11:00 am on Wednesday – the Xmas decorations didn’t fare...

We’ve had a bit of snow on the ground for almost 6 weeks now, but Winter truly arrived on November 11th – it’s been snowing every day since then, and we have an accumulation of perhaps 9-10 inches now. The 14-day weather forecast at The Weather Network is quite...

I’m trying hard to slow down when I travel but so often that just isn’t possible. I have two options – to see something quickly and superficially, or to not see it at all. I was up 2 hours before the 08:34 sunrise on Wednesday in order to maximize...