I drove up the Dempster again today, checking the progress of spring, making sure everything is thawing as it should. The sun was warm, but it was super gusty and…
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Crocuses everywhere!
It was warm up on the Dome this afternoon! Twenty degrees with a light breeze and hot sun. I was the only one around, so I wandered around to see…
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Book Review: Beyond the Trees
This book tells of a remarkable journey across the Canadian Arctic, by a driven, determined, modern day explorer. Adam Shoalts set out on a journey in 2017 to cross the…
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Dempster drive, up to Two Moose Lake
I left town for my adventure today, and decided to drive up the Dempster Highway a ways. The Dempster Highway starts 40 kilometres south of Dawson City, and heads north…
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More crocus hunting today
I drove up to the top of the Dome again this afternoon to look for more prairie crocuses. The day was much like yesterday – warm, with clouds billowing up…
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Sunshine, crocuses, and snow hail?
I woke up to beautiful clear vibrantly blue skies this morning. By 1pm, when I headed out for some adventure with my camera, suddenly there were these big clouds springing…
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Sunburn, smoked clothes, and flowing rivers
All is right in my world again. I’ve got a sunburn on my face, my clothes smell like a campfire, and the Yukon River broke late yesterday afternoon! The last…
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Snow, seeds, laziness, and perhaps even gluttony
When I woke up and peaked out of the blinds this morning, I almost did a double take when I saw the world was covered in a white blanket again….
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The thaw continues
Here are some random photos from the last week. We had some terrific puddles for a bit, well flooding really, before the storm sewer pipes were steamed and thawed and…
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The Great Thaw Begins!
We hit 14 degrees Celcius this afternoon! The thaw is on! Here are a few photos from my walk around town this afternoon. The website at https://yukonriverbreakup.com/ has started posting…
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Hiking and cooking
It is week two of my three month sabbatical. And with all this sudden availability of free time, I’ve gone hiking, and I’ve done a bunch of baking. And eating….
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Jean Little
My first roommate from University posted on Facebook last night that Jean Little had passed away. Jean Little wrote “Mine for Keeps“, a wonderful story about a girl with cerebral…
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Evening hike – sabbatical prep
I worked until 6pm last night, much too long again, and was itchy for a walk. But our streets are covered with thick, deathly, packed-snow ice. A tense tip toeing…
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Spring is on the horizon. Pandemic?
The red polls came back a couple of weeks ago! It’s so nice to have birds in the yard again (except when Hank spots them and pulls my arm off)…
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Thoughts from a cold bath outside
Nope. Don’t do it. I don’t recommend. After you fill up your hot tub with fresh water, wait until it reaches your desired temperature. Is it March in Dawson City?…
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The coronavirus, snow removal, and the Trek
Last weekend the Trek Over the Top event brought 150 snowmobilers over from Tok, Alaska for the weekend. Jeff and the guys from our local snowmobile club greeted them out…
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Movie Review: Call of the Wild
When we stayed overnight in Whitehorse last weekend, we arrived just in time to see a movie in the theatre. We don’t have a theatre up here in Dawson City,…
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My new truck!
I’ve been watching for my dream vehicle for a few years now. I wanted something “truckier” than my Chevrolet Equinox. Something that I could sleep in the back of, or…
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A winter visit
The winter! the brightness that blinds you, The white land locked tight as a drum, The cold fear that follows and finds you, The silence that bludgeons you dumb. The…
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The 2020 Yukon Quest
Jeff and I volunteered to help out with The Yukon Quest again this year. The Yukon Quest is a 1,000 mile International sled dog race that goes from Fairbanks, Alaska…
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