The ExploreNorth Blog

Best images of each month from The ExploreNorth Blog

Dateline: January 11, 2024.

    It's common this time of year to look back at what happened during the previous year. For me, the photos on my blog are a good way of doing that, so I decided to pick out the best photo posted each month. "Best" doesn't mean photographically - images that I'd submit to a contest - merely images that I like because they show what we were up to, and that I connect with in various ways.

    In 2011, 103 posts were added to the blog, with a total of 1,467 photos. The longest post, with 41 photos and 3 videos, was "A day on the HMCS Whitehorse at Skagway", added on June 27th.

January 2011
On the last day of January, I posted 23 photos from a 2-night trip to Richmond for a day of meetings and to receive an award as one of Expedia CruiseShipCenters' top travel agents - see "A short Vancouver getaway".

February 2011
It's very unusual to see hot air balloons in the Yukon, but we had a few here in February - see "Yukon Quest & hot air balloons".

March 2011
On March 20th, Cathy and I drove to Dyea to see the annual run of oolichan, a little smelt - see "Natural wonders in our back yard - oolichan".

April 2011
In early April I went to our Carcross cabin twice to get it dug out and ready for the coming season - see "Spring at the Carcross cabin".

May 2011
On May 24th, I took the motorcycle out to the South Canol Road and a couple of abandoned sections of the Alaska Highway - see "The Yukon's historic and remote South Canol Road".

June 2011
In early June I took the motorcycle on a 3-day, 1,510-km ride to Chicken and back - see "Alaska Highway ride - Chicken, Alaska to Whitehorse".

July 2011
In July I posted 12 times from a 12-day tour I was driving/guiding - see "Driving from Dawson City to Tok, Alaska".

August 2011
In August, a motorcycle ride from Whitehorse to Yellowknife and back was covered in 9 blog posts with a total of 221 photos - see "Fort Simpson to Sambaa Deh Falls Park, NWT, by motorcycle".

September 2011
On September 12th I did an 800-km ride to the Haines area and back, and posted 38 of the 144 photos I shot - see "Fall colours on the Haines Highway".

October 2011
In September and October, Cathy and I were in southern Ontario, but were sick for much of the trip so I only posted 3 times, with 106 photos - see "Exploring Ontario - Part II".

November 2011
In October and November, I did an 8-day flying and driving tour that included Kelowna, Banff, and Calgary, and posted 3 times, with 94 photos - see "Driving and flying from Banff to Kelowna to Whitehorse".

December 2011
In December I only made 1 post of substance, with 13 photos of my winter life - see "Easy to stay warm this winter".