Personal Interests – Page 3

Black-Legged Kittiwake

May 31, 2022September 4, 2024 Joe

2022.05.31 – Black-Legged Kittiwakes in flight over the waters of Glacier Bay, Alaska. Observed while cruising aboard the Nieuw Amsterdam ship during daylight hours. Sometimes solitary birds wou... Read More

Reducing our carbon footprint

December 29, 2021April 4, 2022 Joe

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

2022 Hawai’i Cruise Booked

August 20, 2021December 12, 2021 Joe

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

February 28, 2021February 28, 2021 Joe

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

February 5, 2021February 28, 2021 Joe

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 Letter 2020

December 6, 2020June 17, 2024 Joe

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

Discovering my birth parents

July 6, 2020July 13, 2020 Joe

I always knew I was adopted. Both of my adoptive parents didn’t hide the fact from me or anyone else for that matter. For most of my adult life, I didn’t give much thought about my birth p... Read More

Christmas Letter 2019

December 7, 2019June 18, 2024 Joe

Travel For the third year in a row, I traveled to southern Arizona for astronomy in March (2019) instead of February (previous years). Our host wanted to try for better weather so the date was changed... Read More

Expo 67 in Montreal

September 22, 2019June 17, 2024 Joe

As we leave the summer months behind, I’m thinking back to when I was 14 years old. My parents and I travelled to Montreal to see Expo 67, flying from Victoria to Montreal aboard our first passe... Read More

27.7 day old Waning Crescent Moon, Milky Way, 3 planets – March 4, 2019

March 4, 2019March 4, 2025 Joe

Visually observed Date, time, location, conditions Start: 2019.03.04 5:00AM MSTEnd: 2019.03.04 6:30AM MSTLocation: Garry Sedun’s SDG Observatory, Dragoon Mountain Ranch, St. David, AZ, USA – 3... Read More

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