Last night was the 44th Dawson City Museum Auction. This has been one of my highlights of the year since moving to Dawson, but now I’m on the Museum’s Board…
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Winter arrived and I’m not ready!
We just barely got our firewood in time, but we did! Jeff finished the final load off while I was away, and got the rest of it stacked and covered…
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Denver meetup
For the first time since Rotterdam in 2019, my entire division at work got together in Denver, Colorado – in person!! I headed out on Friday after lunch to get…
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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…
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Landslides, cut off again, and Fiona
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…
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Last minute, solo, autumn adventure
I headed north on the Dempster this week for a couple nights solo. Something unexpected, work related, was really bothering me, something I could do nothing about, so I decided…
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Morning walk and seasonal updates
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…
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August visits in Ontario
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…
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Camping, and BEAR!
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…
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Wandering around town with my camera
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…
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Ending our vacation with Klutina Salmon Charters
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…
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Valdez, Alaska
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…
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We love Seward, Alaska
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…
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Mexico City: The return of work travel
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…
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Cut off
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,…
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Keno City
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…
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Anchorage vacation
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…
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Floods, smoke, landslides, and security duty
What a few days in Dawson City! The Yukon River’s water level has been rising with the meltwater of our record snowfall this winter. And then rain entered the forecast!…
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My Last Week in Photos
What a great week! Highlights included: 4 hikes birdwatching with my new light binoculars scouting a new firewood source Steve & RJ replacing all our windows Yukon River is super…
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Hiking Motivation
After our friend planted the idea in our heads that we should hike the Chilkoot with him in a year or two, it’s been on my mind every day. Hike…
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