Joe Carr – Page 4 – Joe's personal website

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

Christmas 2021

December 7, 2021December 23, 2021 Joe

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

December 7, 2021March 7, 2022 Joe

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

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 2020

December 6, 2020December 7, 2021 Joe

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

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 2019

December 7, 2019December 6, 2020 Joe

Merry Christmas! Happy Holidays! All the best for the coming New Year Christmas Letter 2019 – all the news about our year on a web page suitable for reading online – includes links, p... Read More

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