Fullerton, California Monday, July 30, 1973 “HOME!!!“ Which is all that my diary says for that day. And plenty. Just out of curiosity, I put our itinerary into Google maps’ directi… more →
wrote 2 days ago: Miners and prospectors climb the Chilkoot Trail during the Klondike Gold Rush (I’m the fourth … more →
wrote 1 week ago: If you’re looking for fun and western style adventure, head on over to Klondike Penny’s … more →
wrote 1 month ago: Skagway in native Tlingit culture means “a windy place with white caps on the water.” I found it to … more →
wrote 1 month ago: What a great book! It reinforced some universal truths: 1) Dogs are awesome! 2) Men (people) po … more →
wrote 1 month ago: When most Canadians think of Yukon, the first thing that conjures up in their mind is the great Nort … more →
wrote 1 month ago: Henry Cabot Lodge. Cropped, retouched, histogram fix. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) An exchange of not … more →
wrote 3 months ago: I have written here about the neophiliacs, the lovers of the new. They are just a subset of a much l … more →
wrote 4 months ago: This blog post now moved to www.experiencemyjourney.com/road-trip-to-alaska-2012-tombstone-to-dawso … more →
wrote 7 months ago: Fullerton, California Monday, July 30, 1973 “HOME!!!“ Which is all that my diary says f … more →
wrote 7 months ago: Today I’m over at Romancing the West again, with an article on the Klondike Gold Rush. I … more →
wrote 7 months ago: aboard the MV Taku, on the Alaska Marine Highway between Haines and Juneau, Alaska Tuesday, July 24, … more →
wrote 7 months ago: Now my friends, we know a little of some of the hardships that the forty-niner’s suffered when … more →
wrote 8 months ago: Here’s the fourth installment of pictures from our Alaska Cruise. For more information about … more →
wrote 8 months ago: Our cruise ship, Sea Princess, in Juneau, Alaska. Summer is quickly drawing to a close and I’m … more →
wrote 8 months ago: Vela Magazine turned one year old last week, and we’ve been busy celebrating with the launch o … more →
wrote 8 months ago: True Gold, my second published novel, is now available on Amazon and Smashwords. Stowaway. When Kar … more →
wrote 8 months ago: Regional Identity and Historic Legacies: Newspaper reproduction of handbill for California’s G … more →
wrote 9 months ago: August 16 in history: Several “kings” in different fields have connections to August 16t … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Visions of Urbanity: [From an earlier post, revised and republished:] This image in 1897 of the cons … more →