October 14th Election? – Think “96″
This morning’s news indicates that Canadians will be going to the polls on October 14th. This will be a very easy voting choice for me this time – 96 is the number of Canadian soldiers killed in...
View ArticleThe Bucket List – the Aleutian Islands
Every now and then I come across something that triggers “man, I’ve gotta see that!” This morning it’s the Aleutian Islands again, prompted by a couple of photographs at the Museum of the Aleutians Web...
View ArticleThe Canol Project on Kindle
I’m fascinated by the ways that technology is constantly providing new doors to open. Sometimes the doors lead to places that didn’t exist before, sometimes they just take you to the same place via a...
View ArticleA Day on the HMCS Whitehorse at Skagway
I’m going to break into my series of posts about being a tourist in Whitehorse to tell you about our day sailing on HMCS Whitehorse out of Skagway yesterday. There was a single notice about this coming...
View ArticleWhitehorse to Kelowna and Calgary
I’m now on Day 5 of a trip to see family members in southern British Columbia and Alberta. I haven’t taken very many photos (185 so far, 70 of them in a single car museum ) but I’ll show you … Continue...
View ArticleOn 9/11, not even the Yukon was far enough away
During yesterday’s 11th anniversary of the terrorist attacks that changed the world that most of us knew, New York was of course the focus. Most people outside the Yukon have forgotten, or perhaps...
View ArticleHonouring Bomber Command and Ancient Buffalo in Alberta
My objective for yesterday was to re-visit the Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump World Heritage Site, 209 km south near Fort MacLeod, but I got sidetracked a bit as well Trying to work with my car’s...
View ArticleA Day at Pearl Harbor – USS Arizona Memorial
The only big day we had planned for Oahu was a visit to Pearl Harbor, which we had booked months ago for the 4 of us. The USS Arizona Memorial was the first priority, next was the Pacific Aviation...
View ArticleGreat Light for a Drive to Skagway
An hour after getting home from my 12-hour, 538-kilometer aurora-viewing drive to Kluane Lake, I was back on the road to Skagway. I had an exciting eBay win to pick up at the post office, and hey, it...
View ArticleA look at the history of Coal Harbour – whaling and war
My niece and I went for a wander after visiting a 1944 DC-3 wreck near Port Hardy, and ended up discovering more World War II history at Coal Harbour. The first place that Bobbie wanted me to see, for...
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