Category: Personal Interests
Road trip to Calgary
I’m taking a road trip to Calgary starting June 26th for a couple of weeks. As a Life Member of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada (RASC), I like to participate in the society where I can.... Read More
New Tesla Model S 75D ordered
This morning I was browsing a Tesla owners’ group on Facebook, and one of my friends posted news that Tesla had just eliminated leather seats as an option for their Model S and X. Since he lives... Read More
Coda the cat is missing
Missing Cat – FOUND! UPDATE – June 27, 2017 – Coda was sitting in our carport, waiting to come inside after roaming for the last couple of days. He is an inside cat, so he was hungry... Read More
Switching our home heating from oil to heat pump
There is a dirty secret hiding in the crawlspace under our house – an oil-fired furnace. I’m sure when our house was built in 1948, central heating was the latest-and-greatest, and the ho... Read More
Reconnecting with a 2004 South Pacific sailing adventure
March 22, 2017 Wednesday – Victoria Harbour, British Columbia, Canada Way back in 2004, I grabbed an opportunity to sail across part of the South Pacific from New Zealand to Fiji in a 42′ ... Read More
Expo 86 – 30th anniversary
We made three day-trips to Vancouver to see Expo 86. It was a great transportation exhibition, and really marked the coming-of-age of Vancouver as a world class city. I took way too many slides, but w... Read More
My Tesla Model S – 18 months later
So I’ve had my Tesla Model S electric sedan for 18 months now, and driven it a modest 11,300 kilometres to date. I suppose it is time to report in on my experiences so far. I will mainly discu... Read More
2016 SE Asia & Solar Eclipse cruise
I have just returned from a 30-day cruise through Southeast Asia aboard the Volendam, which also included a total solar eclipse of the Sun. The cruise started and ended in Singapore, making ports-of... Read More