The ExploreNorth Blog

Best images of each month from The ExploreNorth Blog

Dateline: January 8, 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 2014, 102 posts were added to the blog, with a total of 1,962 photos. The longest post, with 47 photos, was "A fall colours weekend at Congdon Creek Campground", added on September 15th.

January 2014
I was so busy that I only posted twice in January, the first one on the 23rd being a wide-ranging catch-up sort of commentary - see "Spring in January in the Yukon?".

February 2014
On February 7th, I flew to Calgary to pick up a rescued puppy we had adopted - see "A quick flight to Calgary for a husky puppy". We named her "Bella."

March 2014
For the first 2 weeks of March, I was house-and pet-sitting for my son at Hinton, Alberta, and did lots of exploring - see "Exploring to and around Grande Cache, Alberta" or one example.

April 2014
In mid April I drove a U-Haul truck from Vancouver to Whitehorse for a friend, and did 4 posts from the trip, starting with "Another Vancouver-to-Whitehorse road trip: Day 1 of 4".

May 2014
In May, I posted a fairly detailed review of a motorcycle jacket - see "Review: VikingCycle Hammer motorcycle jacket".

June 2014
In late June I drove a pickup truck to Dawson City for a couple of racers in the Yukon River Quest - see "To Dawson City for the Yukon River Quest finish: Part 1".

July 2014
During the first week of July, I did "one of the finest day-hikes I've ever done," and posted 17 photos on the 12th - see "Hiking the Summit Peak Trail in Stone Mountain Provincial Park".

August 2014
On August 19th I posted 29 photos from my wandering drive home from Phoenix with our new motorhome - see "Day 2: Route 66 and the Grand Canyon".

September 2014
On September 23rd, Cathy and I were in Vancouver to board the Celebrity Solstice for a 12-night cruise to Hawaii - see "48 hours in Vancouver, the cruise port".

October 2014
On October 4th, I posted 40 photos from an all-day tour of lava fields and other places of volcanic and cultural interest - see "Exploring Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park".

November 2014
On November 16th, I spent 12 hours driving to Kluane Lake and back to find clear skies for an aurora borealis display - see "To Kluane Lake for Aurora Borealis viewing".

December 2014
In December, I drove to Vancouver with my niece then flew home, and posted 4 times about the trip - this photo is from post #2, "A Winter drive from Fort Nelson to Quesnel".