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The writer is a resident of Canada's Yukon Territory with a passion for Exploring the North. This blog is one of the vehicles used to share that passion through words and images.
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Winter Dreaming – Brazil
With the days getting shorter and the snow getting deeper by the minute, Cathy and I are both doing some serious shopping for a trip. Our budget is very unlikely to permit a winter getaway this year, but if not, a major one to celebrate my 60th birth...
Preparing for Winter
For many of us this is an even busier period than summer – getting ready for winter is a lot of work when you live like we do. In the city we didn’t have this “problem” – the thermostat provided heat all winter, the driv...
CruiseShipCenters Whitehorse Grand Opening
Although the Expedia CruiseShipCenters office in Whitehorse has been open since the end of May, we had our Grand Opening over the past 3 days, and we all had a ball. The response from the community has been great – I’ve met a lot of peopl...
Bye-bye, Cruisers!
I try to get down to Skagway to see the last ships each year, and yesterday turned out to be an excellent one. Lousy weather (as expected), excellent day. I always wonder whether people know the kind of weather to expect when they book these very lat...
Fall Colours, Snow & Steam Trains
Cathy and I had planned on working on the house yesterday. No really, we had , even though it was a beautiful morning. But then I got an email from the WP&YR railfan discussion list that I belong to, saying that there was going to be a run usi...
It was too nice to stay home….
…. and I just couldn’t resist going to Skagway today. There were 4 large ships scheduled, so this was probably the last opportunity to see Skagway crazy-busy in the sunshine this year. The timing was perfect to catch one of Spirit Lake Lo...
A Skagway Day
Cathy’s parents are visiting from Ontario for 5 weeks, so yesterday we did a “tourist” trip to Skagway. It was a superb day – sunny, 74 degrees (22°C) and calm in Skagway, with some great bonuses as you’ll see in th...
Luxury Alaska Photography Cruise / Tour, June 2010
I’m thoroughly enjoying my new gig as Cruise Consultant - it seems to be the perfect evolutionary step that uses much of what I’ve learned over the past couple of decades in a fun new way. There’s a lot to learn about the business s...
Expedia CruiseShipCenters Yukon
The storefront part of Kim and Erik Hougen’s new business on 2nd Avenue in Whitehorse doesn’t open for a month yet but things are going full-tilt. The signs went up on the building on Tuesday and that evening there was an open house for p...
The New Mystery Store in Whitehorse
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 tou...
Cruise Dreams
Cathy and I have been so good this past year, staying home and spending our money on our properties. I even privately sold the Caribbean cruise that we had booked for February. BUT the past couple of weeks, my Inbox is being inundated with incredible...
Dumbest Alaska Cruiser of 2008!
That’s a pretty offensive title, isn’t it? Well, the manager of the Alaska Shirt Company store in Skagway stole $78,000 from the company back in June and disappeared, then came back to Skagway 2 months later on the Norwegian Star! When ev...
The Alaska Cruising Season is Over
Cathy and I went down to Skagway yesterday, as we often do on the last day of the Alaska cruising season. It always leaves me wondering why people choose a cruise this late. Yes I know it’s a few dollars cheaper, but check out the photos below ...
Dirty Princesses in Alaska
I’m a big fan of cruising, and I really hate to see news reports that show that the industry isn’t respecting what is still a relatively pristine coast when they come north. In the first half of the 2009 cruise season (which ends this Sat...
