Operation Firewood continues
We ordered 4 cords of wood from a commercial cutter, so we could enjoy our summer and not spend every weekend harvesting firewood. We like to have at least 5...
Landslides, cut off again, and Fiona
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It poured rain overnight on Wednesday, which caused several landslides south of Dawson City yesterday. The road first closed just south of the Dempster turn off, due to landslides. Then...
Morning walk and seasonal updates
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I’ve wanted to exercise before work for years and years, but I just can’t do it. I love my bed. I love the warmth. I love sleeping. I love rolling...
August visits in Ontario
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Jeff and I took Air North’s (wonderful) seasonal direct (well, mostly redirect, there is a 45 minute refuel and passenger shuffle stop in Yellowknife) flight to Toronto to attend a...
Camping, and BEAR!
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For the Discovery Day long weekend here in the Yukon, we went camping to the Five Mile Territorial Park near Mayo. Not only was the park not full, so we...
Wandering around town with my camera
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Fall feels like it came really early this year. The fireweed is about done. The weather is cold. The rainy season is here. The mosquitos are buzzing off. It’s going...
Ending our vacation with Klutina Salmon Charters
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We left Valdez and headed back north to Copper Center to camp at Klutina Salmon Charters along the Klutina River, near where it empties in to the Copper River. The...
Valdez, Alaska
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Our next vacation stop for three nights was Valdez, staying at the KOA campground just a couple miles before town. There aren’t that many roads in Alaska, so we back...
We love Seward, Alaska
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Subtitle of this post – What kind of moron goes on a vacation to Alaska and doesn’t take their camera? (Me!) Long overdue for a vacation together, Jeff organized and...
Mexico City: The return of work travel
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I’m just back today from a trip to Mexico City to visit with some coworkers, some new and some that I’ve known and worked with for years. This marked the...
Cut off
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You can’t get here right now, well unless you are already in Alaska and come over from Chicken. The Alaskan Highway was washed out in northern British Columbia on Friday,...
Keno City
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We’re just back from 3 nights in Keno City, Yukon with our friends and our quads (and a few side by side ATVs). What a fabulous trip! Keno is a...
Anchorage vacation
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We’re just back from 4 nights in Alaska! Our seasonal border between the Yukon and Alaska opened for the first time since 2019 so we took advantage of having a...