Can you believe it!? We started our firewood just over a week ago, and we’re already done!! As you may remember, Jeff’s truck is still broken and can’t pull a…
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Another week of morning walks!
I did it! I walked for an hour every morning before work, for a second week! In attempting to build a new habit, I’ve altered my approach very little. One…
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Walking before work. An experiment.
Every self-improvement guru I’ve ever listened to has (annoyingly) advised that you need to do your exercise before work, first thing in the morning. It is so so so so…
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Summer visitors, smokey conditions
Jeff’s good friend Jaye from his college days came up with his wife Josee to visit us this week – their first time in the Yukon! It was a hot…
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Our boat has been launched!
It’s been a long series of silly misadventures but our boat has finally been launched! Our new engine requires a slow break-in period so we took a leisurely trip upriver…
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San Jose, California meetup
I was in San Jose, California for the past week with my new work team and one of the divisions of the company that we work with. 192 people! Unfortunately,…
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Keno long weekend adventures
We returned to the small, nearly abandoned and forgotten, town of Keno, Yukon for the Canada Day long weekend. The trip almost didn’t happen for us. Jeff’s truck has broken…
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Summer trip to see family
I’m just home from a vacation in Ontario! Every time I plan a trip to Ontario, the list of people I want to see and spend time with far, far…
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Yukon 125, Tom & Cathy, and facial paralysis
June 16 marked the 125th anniversary of the creation of the Yukon Territory! Dawson City was originally the capital city of the Yukon. To commemorate the occasion, the Yukon legislature…
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Mounting a flag pole with a helicopter
Have you ever seen a helicopter mount a flag pole? I have!! In the 1990’s, the large flag pole on top of the historical Old Territorial Administration Building that houses…
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The hunt for an old cemetery
Back in the Klondike Gold Rush, Dawson City wasn’t the only town around here. The town of Grand Forks sprung up at the confluence of Bonanza Creek and Eldorado Creek,…
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Nanaimo Meetup
I spent the last week in Nanaimo on Vancouver Island with my immediate team at work. It’s been a few years since I’ve travelled had a small team meetup due…
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Elliott Brood back in Dawson City!
We’ve been eagerly waiting for the May long 2-4 weekend (for months) so we could haul our camper out of hibernation and go camping. Bring on summer!!! But then I…
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Spring flowers!
The crocuses are up! These are the prairie crocuses, our first signs of life each spring. These are up on the Midnight Dome. In some pictures you’ll see the Yukon…
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River broke, flooding, sandbagging, and camping
The Yukon River broke on Tuesday, May 9th at 5:31pm. I had been back and forth to the river all day watching the progress, but I was hosting an online…
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Waiting for the river to break
It’s been a late spring this year, but things are picking up! The breaking of the Yukon River feels like the beginning of our summer. It signifies the beginning of…
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Winter came back, and I hibernated for a bit
About 10 days ago I walked around Dawson City on a beautiful spring day and made a little video. Have a watch: One afternoon I even went for a walk…
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Slow glimpses of spring
Spring is slowly creeping in, and I love it! It’s already light until after 10pm and it is light when we wake up! A couple of weeks ago Jeff said,…
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Sharing the landscape way up yonder
I have a new hobby! I’ve never enjoyed video making. Instead, I’ve used still photography here on my blog. I’ve never gotten into making reels or video shorts for social…
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Troubleshooting my eyes
My eyes have been really bothering me since the beginning of the year. Sore, dry, tired, and when I wake up in the middle of the night, they feel like…
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