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...
Elliott Brood back in Dawson City!
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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...
Spring flowers!
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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...
River broke, flooding, sandbagging, and camping
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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...
Waiting for the river to break
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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...
Winter came back, and I hibernated for a bit
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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...
Slow glimpses of spring
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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,...
Sharing the landscape way up yonder
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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...
Troubleshooting my eyes
by Lisa
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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...
Northern lights – what a show tonight!
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My Dad called me this evening from his van. He’s been paying attention to the solar storm going on and that there was a possibility of northern lights even down...
What I’m consuming these days
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These posts are always fun for me to reflect back on in the future to see how my favourites change over time. I’m watching… I’ve entirely ditched regular TV in...
February sunshine
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I think February is my favourite month of the winter here in Dawson City. The sun comes back, the snow is still hanging in the trees, and everything is so...
Yukon Quest 2023
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The Yukon Quest was a vastly different experience in many ways, and the same old thing in a few others. I volunteered for 3 overnight shifts at our checkpoint, as...
Sharing my face through the years
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I stumbled on some of my old school pictures, so I thought I’d share my cuteness! Hover over each photo for the Grade caption. Happy Groundhog Day everyone!