“Strubbled”
We are now inventing words….”strubbled” was an unintentional expression that combines “struggle” with “troubled” to perfectly sum up the period since our last post. The relief we expressed at passing […]
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Passive House Gets Active
Wow! Lots of excitement as we finally see the reality emerging in 3D…and quickly! Most of April involved creating the foundation with the last few days of April and early […]
Crunch Time
March 1 March 29 We were ready for demolition on February 26th. Fortis was not. They had assured us that the natural gas pipe and meter would be removed […]
…get set…
Real life Tetris! We spent the better part of January filling our 10 x 15 rented storage room before heading for an 8-day family vacation in the sun. We had […]
Four-Lake Cycle & Fall-Line Hiking
After spending a very busy time in the city visiting with family and friends through the Thanksgiving weekend, we were able to spend a few glorious days in Whistler. The […]
Wild Coast
As summer gave way to fall, we found ourselves taking advantage of the glorious weather for a mini-camping tour on Southern Vancouver Island. While work took us to Victoria, the […]
Arctic Perspectives
While the Dempster Highway has been around a while, in late 2017, the Tuk highway was opened, a road that connects Inuvik to the Arctic Ocean at Tuktoyaktuk. Probably Canada’s […]
Solstice to Chicken
Fairbanks! We arrived June 21st for the beginning of a 4-day long Midnight Sun Festival. The above photo was taken at midnight from atop a local mountain. On this day, […]
Denali
“The high one.” We decided that if Stuart were to be named by the Dena’aina people, he might be named Denali. And we managed to be part of the […]
On Switzerland, Ice, and Fish
Once again detouring away from the Alaska Highway, at Tok, we headed south, first to Valdez and then to the Kenai peninsula. Our longest drive to date was from Valdez […]
