A Perfect Finish Index

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Index for A Perfect Finish

The pages numbers in the Index for A Perfect Finish relate to the paperback edition.

The Index includes references to place names as well as other relevant topics and in many places cross references to Riding Logs which were recorded on actual motorcycle trips on the Alaska Highway. I hope it might be helpful for those interested in travelling the ALCAN, researching specific topics, riding the Alaska Highway, or visiting Whitehorse.

The links throughout the Index for A Perfect Finish and the website are color coded as follows:

• Purple links refer to another page on this site. For example, maybe you would appreciate reading the author’s Riding Logs for the Alaska Highway.
• Blue links refer to a page on another website. For example: the paperback edition of A Perfect Finish is for sale at Mac’s Fireweed Books in Whitehorse.
• Orange links refer to an image search result. For example, if you want to see what the cast of A Perfect Finish look like, you could visit the APF Casting Page and check out Ron and Meriwa.
• Green links refer to a Wikipedia page. For example, maybe you want to learn more about the Klondike Gold Rush.
• Brown links refer to a YouTube video. For example, maybe you would like see the Miles Canyon Bridge to understand what Steve sees as he is looking down at the river in the River Styx chapter.

The Index for A Perfect Finish includes keywords used commonly in the text, concepts discussed in the book, and is somewhat hierarchical.

If you read A Perfect Finish, hopefully you’ll recognize the picture in the header of this page: our prize high hurdler, Angi, channeling Madam Librarian as seen in  The Music Man.

Topical Index for A Perfect Finish

abduction 190, 192

accidental death (see life insurance)

Adonis 195

Alamea’s grandmother (see grandmother)

     Cartier (Tank) 8, 162, 220

Alaska Highway (see route / trail)

Alaska Way (see route / trail)

ALCAN (see route / trail)

Alzheimer’s (see cognitively impaired)

Amherst College (see college / university)

angel 79, 184, 200-2, 214, 221

Angelo’s Taverna (see see restaurant / bar / café)

  Alamea’s angel 160, 185

APF Therapy & Spa

• 121, 161-5, 175, 190, 193, 197-8,
• 208-9, 222, 228, 244, 256

appetizer (see food / meal)

April first 141, 220

Arctic Char (see food / meal)

Arizona Republic (see news outlet / newspaper)

arm wrestle 156, 173

aspen (see tree)

Atlin Lake (see lake / bay / sea)

Autumn Flights (see FunBite)

Baby Kyle Café (see Kyle)

Baked Café (see see restaurant / bar / café)

ballerina-girl 58, 78

Bartlesville OK (see city)

bay (see lake / bay / sea)

bear root (see wildflower)

bearberry (see wildflower)

Beaver Creek YT (see city)

Bering Sea (see lake / bay / sea)

Beth’s grandmother (see grandmother)

Beyond the Sea (see music)

biblically insane 161

Big Sur CA (see city)

bike / biking /bicycle (see route / trail and activity)

bike (motor) (see motorcycle)

Billings MT (see city)

bite(r) / nip 216, 221, 261

biting fly (see fauna)

black bear (see bear)

black spruce (see tree)

Black Street Stairs (see route / trail)

black widow (see fauna)

blackberry (see wildflower)

bliss 160, 233, 244

blue and black (My My, Hey Hey) (see music)

blueberry (see wildflower)

boar (see bear)

Board of Visitors 117

body bag 113-4, 125, 234

bribe 115, 256, 266

buck moon (see moon)

buffalo (see fauna)

Bullet Hole Bagels (see see restaurant / bar / café)

Burnt Toast Café (see see restaurant / bar / café)

Burwash Landing YT (see city)

butterfly

  effect 15, 107, 181-2, 231, 260, 268

  insect (see fauna)

Byock, Ira Dr (see author / expert / quoted)

Caffè Umbria (see see restaurant / bar / café)

Calgary AB (see city)

Callisto (see moon)

Canada’s Medical Assistance in Dying law (see assistance-in-dying)

cancer 4, 11, 21, 23, 28, 33, 41, 43, 58, 271

Canyon City YT (see city)

Carmel-by-the-Sea CA (see city)

CASA (C-212 Aviocar) 112, 115, 124

Cassiar Mountains (see mountain)

CBC North News (see news outlet / newspaper)

cheechako

• 68, 71, 73, 115, 134, 212, 262, 264, 274

Chilkoot Pass BC (see city)

chocolate raspberry truffle (see food / meal)

climate-denier 32, 257

CNN (see news outlet / newspaper)

co-author 100-1

Coachman’s Inn (see hotel)

cocktail umbrella (see fancy-drink)

coroner 113, 115, 125, 211, 236

corpse 36, 134, 138, 233

Colorado Rockies (see baseball)

comet (see astronomy)

Confession Bench 168, 173, 187, 258, 260-1

cosmic / cosmos (see astronomy)

Cosmo (dog) 34, 45, 50, 277

Cosmo (magazine) 176

Coutts AB (see city)

cows / milking 38, 153

cranberry (see wildflower)

cricket (see fauna)

crow (bird) (see fauna)

Crow (clan) 60-1, 69, 78, 84, 86, 161, 212, 263

cub (see bear)

curse-of-the-bequeathed 46

Dalai Lama 92-3

Dale (Carnegie) 245, 259

Darth Vader 209, 212

Dawson Creek BC (see city)

debate team 23, 63, 75, 102, 193, 209, 222, 224, 226, 265

dementia (see cognitively impaired)

Denali National Park (see National Park)

Denver CO (see city)

Denver’s Country Club Neighborhood 45

desert gym 120, 173

dessert (see food / meal)

Destruction Bay YT (see city)

devil 72, 76, 83, 184, 200, 214, 220-1

DiMaggio, Joe (see baseball)

Dinger (see baseball)

dinner (see food / meal)

dirt bike (see motorcycle)

Dirty Northern Bastard (see see restaurant / bar / café)

double indemnity (see life insurance)

double-parked / -parking 56, 74

Dream Trail (see route / trail)

drop in the river 65-8, 110, 123, 128, 178, 181, 202, 204, 243, 269

Ducati (see motorcycle)

dustpan of the galaxy 66

Earth (see planet)

Edgewater Hotel

  Whitehorse (see hotel)

  Seattle (see hotel)

Edmonton AB (see city)

Elon 48, 109, 182

elk (see fauna)

Elk Stroganoff (see food / meal)

Eliot, TS (see author / expert / quoted)

Elliot Bay (see lake / bay / sea)

Elliot’s Oyster House (see see restaurant / bar / café)

end-of-life 62, 64, 96, 113, 239-41

Energizer Bunny 144

escarpment 51, 169, 173, 185, 238, 258, 260

Etch-a-Sketch 253

eternity of souls 66

Europa (see moon)

Fairchase Outfitters (see FunBite)

  Vesper 175, 189, 264

Fatalist 45, 48

  black widow  233

buffalo 47

  crow (bird) 174

  sand shark 201

Feelin Yo Oats (see fancy-drink)

fireweed (see wildflower)

fish ladder 167-8

flora (see wildflower and tree)

Fort Nelson BC (see city)

fourth wall, breaking the

  about you and me 100

  more fun than 101, 245

  our own rules 101

  you to infer 101

  communicate your feelings 101

  well, you know 218

Fox News (see news outlet / newspaper)

Fremont IN (see city)

fully self-driving (FSD) 108-9

Galaxy Gazette (see news outlet / newspaper)

game, the 214, 215-6, 220

Gandhi, Mohandas (see author / expert / quoted)

Gandhi’s grandmothers (see grandmother)

Glacier National Park (see National Park)

global warming 97

Glock (see Chekhov’s Gun)

Gold Rush Inn (see hotel)

golden-ager 144, 146-7

goodbye 1, 45, 64, 125, 131, 178, 188, 202, 215-6, 251, 269, 272, 274-5

Good Morning America (see news outlet / newspaper)

  Meriwa’s grandmother 135

  Steve’s grandmother 15-6, 31, 55, 57, 70, 272

granny (see grandmother)

Great Pacific Garbage Patch (see lake / bay / sea)

Green River (see river)

Green River kayaking (see route / trail)

Greenpeace 32, 108, 180, 257

Grey Mountain (see mountain)

grim reaper 46

grizzly (see bear)

Gucci 202

gun (see Chekhov’s Gun)

guru 91, 1098, 144, 146, 150, 180, 195, 252-3

Haines Junction YT (see city)

Harley-Davidson (see motorcycle)

Harvest Moon (see moon)

Hawaii

• 1, 5, 22, 31, 70, 91, 142,
• 174, 240, 251-2, 258-9

heaven 114

hell 46, 81, 177, 180, 185

herpes 251-2, 258

Herschel crater 169

hike / hiking (see activity)

Hirshfield, Jane (see author / expert / quoted)

hoary marmot (see fauna)

Hollywood CA (see city)

Homer AK (see city)

Honey Bunnies (see food / meal)

Hoosier Boy 94, 143, 150, 156, 172

Hunter’s Moon (see moon)

Husky mix (see Alaskan Husky)

Iditarod Race (see event)

Iditarod Race HQ (see museum / centre / destination)

India 91, 146, 251

Innisfail AB (see city)

interplanetary (see astronomy)

Jolt 145-6

journal (Alamea’s)

• 9-10, 13, 18, 21-2, 27, 30-1, 38-9,
• 56, 80, 86, 235, 254, 256

Juneau (dog) 57, 59, 73, 81, 184, 215

Jupiter (see planet)

Kachemak Bay (see lake / bay / sea)

kayak / kayaking (see activity)

Kevorkian, Jack (Dr) (see author / expert / quoted)

Kimono Remover (see fancy-drink)

Kind Café (see see restaurant / bar / café)

kinnikinnick (see wildflower)

Klondike Gold Rush 167, 236

Klondike Gold Fields 26, 52, 79, 97

Klondike-flavored mini-dom 60

Klondike Rib & Salmon (see see restaurant / bar / café)

Klondike River Boat (see museum / centre / destination)

Kluane Lake (see lake / bay / sea)

Kluane National Park (see National Park)

Kluane Range (see mountain)

Kwanlin Dun Cultural Center (see museum / centre / destination)

Kübler-Ross, Elisabeth (see author / expert / quoted)

Larger Than Life 48, 54, 166

Law of Large Numbers 48

Lethbridge AB (see city)

Liard River (see river)

lie / lying  55-7, 70, 159

Little Bighorn River (see river)

Little Eddies 91, 144-6, 252

Little Red Corvette (see music)

Logan’s Run 210

Lorenzo’s Pizza & Pasta (see see restaurant / bar / café)

Love prospers (Proverbs 17:9) 8-9, 25, 225, 254

Mac’s Fireweed Books (see shop)

Macbride Museum (see museum / centre / destination)

Machiavelli, Niccolo (see author / expert / quoted)

main course (see food / meal)

MAID (see assistance-in-dying)

Marian the Librarian 73-5, 78, 98, 127, 175, 193, 200, 207, 218

Mariners, Seattle (see baseball)

Mars (see planet)

Mars Bar 175, 209, 235, 272

Marsh Lake (see lake / bay / sea)

Marsh / Schwatka kayaking (see route / trail)

Mercury (see planet)

Meriwa’s grandmother (see grandmother)

meteor (see astronomy)

microdose(ing) 144, 146, 232, 267, 270

Mike’s Harder 66-7, 129

Miles Canyon Bridge (see bridge)

Miles Canyon YT (see city)

Mimas (see moon)

Mineral Bottom UT (see city)

Miner’s Daughter (see see restaurant / bar / café)

Miner’s Landing at Pier 57   26

Miranda (see moon)

moonbeam 204, 212, 235

moose (see fauna)

morgue 56, 86, 113-114

mosquito (see fauna)

mother (Meriwa’s)

• 57, 69-70, 85, 97, 102, 109, 114-5, 135, 159
• 171, 177, 187, 200, 214, 229, 231, 267

Mount Holyoke College (see college / university)

Mount Logan (see mountain)

Mount Lorne (see mountain)

Mountie(s) (see Royal Canadian Mounted Police)

mule deer (see fauna)

multi-level-marketing (MLM) 36, 193

Munchkin 31-3, 209, 253-5, 257, 271

Muncho Lake (see lake / bay / sea)

Muncho Lake BC (see city)

Murdoch, Iris (see author / expert / quoted)

  Yukon Quest HQ 50-1

mushroom (magic, shroom)

• 91, 104, 140, 144-145,
• 156, 195-6, 235-6, 241, 251-2

  psilocybin 236, 241

My My, Hey Hey (blue and black) (see music)

mystery of the missing lover 52, 272

Neptune (see planet)

New York NY (see city)

New York Times (see news outlet / newspaper)

Niagara Falls 211

North Shore HI (see city)

Northern Air 87

northern goldenrod (see wildflower)

Northern Rockies (see mountain)

Oklahoma 6, 15, 19-20, 31, 41, 46, 54, 211

One Mile River Walk (see route / trail)

orca (see fauna)

outer space (see astronomy)

Pacific Coast Highway (see route / trail)

parachute (see activity)

pearl necklace (see Kahului)

pharmaceutically constrained (see cognitively impaired)

Phoenix AZ (see city)

phone (Steve’s)

• 2, 5, 24, 37, 41, 45, 62, 153, 164, 175-7, 192,
• 199, 206, 221, 235-6, 243, 246, 249, 263

photon (see astronomy)

Pike Place Market (see shop)

pink blueberry (see wildflower)

Pioneer Cemetery (see museum / centre / destination)

pistol (see Chekhov’s Gun)

planetarium (see astronomy)

Plus Grand Que Nature 47

Pluto (see planet)

poker (face) 18, 78, 125, 276

pool house, Clyde & John’s

• 56, 87, 91, 108, 140, 219, 228, 252, 265

poser 48

Prada (see Kahului)

praying mantis (see fauna)

pregnant pause(ing)

• 16, 18, 21, 55, 70, 72, 76, 78, 108, 157-8

prison / jail 27, 39-40, 43, 66, 114, 130, 157, 253, 267

psilocybin (see mushroom)

Puget Sound (see lake / bay / sea)

puppy 12, 50

purple sweetvetch (see wildflower)

Ranger (US Army) 212, 230, 236, 246-7

rat-a-tat-tat 19-20, 89, 261

RCMP (see Royal Canadian Mounted Police)

recover(y) (fee)

• 124-125, 134, 137-8, 211-2, 223, 227,
• 232-4, 236, 244, 257, 267 

red fox (see fauna)

red giant (see astronomy)

Redwood National Park (see National Park)

Rendezvous Festival (see event)

right-to-die (laws) 41-42

Rio Grande (see river)

Riverdale YT (see city)

riverwalk (see route / trail)

road trip (Seattle / Whitehorse) (see route / trail)

rock ptarmigan (see fauna)

Rockies, Colorado (see baseball)

Romeo (& Juliet) 32, 38, 171-172

rugby 63, 143, 193, 224

Saguaro National Park (see National Park)

Saks 5th Avenue (see shop)

Sam McGee’s Cabin (see museum / centre / destination)

sand shark (see fauna)

Sandman 208, 210

Saturn (see planet)

Schwatka Lake (see lake / bay / sea)

sea (see lake / bay / sea)

Seattle Mariners (see baseball)

Secret Rope Trail (see route / trail)

Scottsdale (see city)

Sheep Camp Lounge (see see restaurant / bar / café)

Shipyards Park (see museum / centre / destination)

shoe, Kahului’s (see Kahului)

shyster(s) 43, 135-6, 139, 233, 249

side dish (see food / meal)

Simon Says 66

siren 48, 202

Six-Million-Dollar-Man 172

Skagway BC (see city)

skinny paloma (see fancy-drink)

skydiving/skydiver (see activity)

Slims River (see river)

Slims River Bridge (see bridge)

soapberry (see wildflower)

sofa (HD) 2, 48

sojourners

• 137, 146, 197, 211, 218, 220,
• 222, 228-9, 231, 233-4, 243, 257

solar wind (see astronomy)

sourdough

• 68, 73, 110, 129, 156, 223, 226, 276

sow (see bear)

Space Mountain (see mountain)

Space Needle (see museum / centre / destination)

Space Oddity (see music)

spruce (see tree)

SS Klondike (see museum / centre / destination)

stampeder(s)

• 52, 68, 79, 97, 132, 134, 136, 151,
• 156, 167, 247

Steve’s grandmother (see grandmother)

Sturgeon Moon (see moon)

Styx (see river)

success-fee 138

Sun Tzu (see author / expert / quoted)

surfer / surfing (see activity)

Swift River (see river)

Sylvan Lake AB (see city)

T-Mobile Park (see baseball)

T-rescue (see activity…kayaking)

Tanana River (see river)

Tattered Cover Book Store (see shop)

Tagish Lake (see lake / bay / sea)

Telegraph Office (see museum / centre / destination)

Teslin River (see river)

Teslin YT (see city)

The 98 Hotel (see hotel)

The Price is Right 118

therapist(s) 72, 146-7, 190, 193, 223, 227, 231

Three Mile River Walk (see route / trail)

Tijuana (see city)

trash talk(ing)(er) 31-32, 38, 258

trike (see motorcycle)

trip (ping) (mushrooms)

• 91, 139, 143-7, 156, 195-6, 235-6, 241,
• 251-2, 256, 267, 270, 275

Two Mile Hill (see route / trail)

uncle (see safe word)

universe (see astronomy)

Uranus (see planet)

urban warfare 186

Vancouver BC (see city)

Venus (see planet)

Vesper (see fancy-drink)

Wall Street Journal (see news outlet / newspaper)

Wasilla AK (see city)

watch (see Alamea’s watch)

Watson Lake YT (see city)

Wayfarer Oyster House (see see restaurant / bar / café)

white dwarf (see astronomy)

White Pass & Yukon Historic Train Station 50-51

white pine (see tree)

White River (see river)

White River Bridge (see bridge)

white wild strawberry (see wildflower)

Whitecourt AB (see city)

Whitehorse Airport 51, 85-7, 124, 155, 190

Whitehorse Daily Star (see news outlet / newspaper)

Whitehorse Flights 137, 213, 235-236

Whitehorse General Hospital 111, 125, 227

Whitehorse rapids kayaking (see route / trail)

Whitehorse Visitor Centre (see museum / centre / destination)

Whitehorse Web Marketing (WWM) (see FunBite)

Whitehorse YT (see city)

Wilderness City 54, 120

window(s)

• 15, 18, 32, 50, 58, 62-63, 100, 110, 121-4,
• 127-8, 154, 163, 177-8, 180-1, 187, 192, 204,
• 206, 209, 212, 217, 226, 243-244, 246, 254,
• 256, 270, 272

Winterlong Haze Junction Ale 82

WKRP 232

Wolf (clan) 60-1, 67, 69, 78, 83, 114, 212, 260

women, not men / only women

• 1, 34, 36-7, 127, 139, 182, 236, 253, 255, 259

Wonder Woman 85

World’s Largest Copper Nugget (see museum / centre / destination)

Xanax 195-6

Yellowstone National Park (see National Park)

Yukon Gold(s) 55, 169, 171-2, 265

Yukon River (see river)

Yukon Quest HQ (see event)

Yukon Quest HQ (see museum / centre / destination)

Yukon University (see college / university)

Zodiac

• 113, 124-125, 134, 138, 204,
• 206, 230, 234, 266-267

 

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