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...
Snow, seeds, laziness, and perhaps even gluttony
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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....
The thaw continues
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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...
The Great Thaw Begins!
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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...
Hiking and cooking
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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....
Jean Little
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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...
Evening hike – sabbatical prep
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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...
Spring is on the horizon. Pandemic?
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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)...
Thoughts from a cold bath outside
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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?...
The coronavirus, snow removal, and the Trek
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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...
Movie Review: Call of the Wild
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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,...
My new truck!
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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...
A winter visit
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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...
The 2020 Yukon Quest
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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...