Moving South
So we retired from our work and have left Yukon, perhaps sadly, perhaps not. As I sat listening to David Suzuki on the TV in our hotel in Dawson Creek as we travelled south, I'm sure we have made the...
Gospel Choir Workshop coming to Saskatoon!
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When the two of us went to visit my sister & her husband for 5 weeks back early in 2009, she insisted we come to choir practice. They love their choir so they wanted to share that with us. Okay, so we tag along knowing of course that Lawrie has a nice voice, but mine isn't worth opening my mouth for, but humour my sister we will. Gospel choirs we have all seen and heard in any number of movies and it looks like they are having a good time, so maybe we will too.
Planting Pickups!
These pickup trucks are part of the landscaping at the Riverbend 50's Blacktop Diner not too far from the Petrofka Bridge on Highway 12 north of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. We always think of motor vehicles...
Midwinter Visit
Just in time for more -30 weather, my sister Ruth is coming for another visit. I think she likes Yukon! I have the week off and we will find lots of time to do nothing and then rest afterwards. I expect...
Christmas, New Year and beyond
We enjoyed a lovely time with Chris and Geneva this Christmas. Not only did Lawrie get to meet Chris's love of his life, but we got to know her as well. Chris proposed to Geneva on Christmas eve, and we...
Thanks!
We have so very much to be thankful for. One day a year to 'celebrate' seems all wrong when on a daily basis there are many things to be grateful for. Good friends, family, jobs that pay great wages...
McQueston Moose
Late September Lawrie and I, along with our friends Chris and Sarah, went canoeing on the McQueston River in the Mayo area of Yukon. Ostensibly we were moose hunting, but come home with a moose we did...
Out and about Whitehorse
It seems these five weeks are blasting past. We have plugged a lot of activities into the time, along with working (albeit 4 days a week) and gardening. I think Lawrie actually did most of the garden...
Skagway, scenery, and sand
So week number 4 and there are too many options of what we could do this weekend. In the end we decide to sleep in our own beds, do a day trip to see Skagway and then whatever after. Bright and early...
Hiking to Samuel Glacier and other adventures
After another four days of work, or did we only work for three and take an extra day off? Whatever. We pack up the night before and take off along the Alaska Highway going north or north-west or maybe...
Dawson Days
After working four days, we dashed up the North Klondike Highway to Dawson City (where Lawrie & I, Jon and Chris lived from 1990 to 1994). This trip will likely be my last to this community and I was...
Better late …?
My dear sister Ruth has come and gone, and is missed sorely. But she was here for five weeks and we had a blast. I'm thinking I'll do a post for each week she was visiting and this will be week...