Author: Joe
Reducing our carbon footprint
I have evaluated our household carbon footprint annually over the last few years. We have been making steady progress reducing our CO2 emissions. At the end of 2021 we emitted about 15 tons CO2/year, ... Read More
Christmas 2021
Merry Christmas! Happy Holidays! All the best for the coming New Year Christmas Letter 2021 – all the news about our year on a web page suitable for reading online – includes links and photos 2-pa... Read More
Christmas Letter 2021
Travel 2021 has challenged the travel industry in fundamental ways, and I can assure you, being a dedicated traveller during a pandemic isn’t much fun. Consequently, JoeTourist hasn’t trav... Read More
2022 Hawai’i Cruise Booked
The Canadian Transport minister announced that Canada’s ban on cruise ships will end in November 2021 instead of February 2022, which allows Alaska cruise lines to plan for the 2022 season. In addit... Read More
2022 Alaska cruise booked
A few weeks ago, the Canadian Transport minister announced extension of Canada’s ban on cruise ships for another year to at least February 2022. This effectively cancelled my Alaska cruise booke... Read More
2021 Alaska cruise cancelled
I was looking forward to finally taking an Alaska cruise in September of this year. I purposely booked it for late in the season, so I could be vaccinated against COVID-19 beforehand. Just yesterday, ... Read More
Christmas 2020
Merry Christmas! Happy Holidays! All the best for the coming New Year Christmas Letter 2020 – all the news about our year on a web page suitable for reading online – includes links, p... Read More
Christmas Letter 2020
Travel I suppose I should start this year’s Christmas Letter with my pandemic story, since everyone is preoccupied with the COVID-19 virus this year. Back in May of 2019 I booked a Holland ... Read More