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“Way up north; way up north, north to Alaska, you go north, the rush is on…”.  I can’t get that old Johnny Horton song out of my head.  I was 7 or 8 when it came out.  Now that we are pushing north, what was once my imaginary Alaska is turning into reality.  Each degree of latitude posts silently on the panel and I start making my own version of the song.  “North, dum de dum, to Alaska, I said North, dum de dum, no time to waste…”.  OK, in MY mind it rhymes! So we’re moving almost every da…

“Way up north; way up north, north to Alaska, you go north, the rush is on…”.  I can’t get that old Johnny Horton song out of my head.  I was 7 or 8 when it came out.  Now that we are pushing north, what was once my imaginary Ala…

Eliana is on the move.   It brings to mind the age old, unanswerable question… Which is more important, the journey or the destination?  We’re finding both in British Colombia.  Before departing Sidney, my Dad (Wayne), his wife Florence and her sister Doris came aboard for the first few legs north.  I am slowly realizing each step in the journey IS the destination.  As sights and sounds unfold before us, we share them together.  Just that once, never to be repeated again precisely in the same …

Eliana is on the move.   It brings to mind the age old, unanswerable question… Which is more important, the journey or the destination?  We’re finding both in British Colombia.  Before departing Sidney, my Dad (Wayne), his wife …

Ahhh Victoria … not just the provincial capital of British Colombia.  This is one of the most captivating sea ports in the world.  The “City of Gardens” is quaint, utterly beautiful and chock full of old-world charm.  Victoria’s namesake was the great Queen Victoria.  The stamp of Victorian England is indelible.  But stuffy?  Anything but.  Victoria is a melting pot of nationalities of all ages.  The city is interesting and vibrantly alive. Founded in 1843 as the old Hudson Bay fort, downtow…