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)...
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...
Photos of my Dad taking photos: Yukon winter edition
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Dad just boarded a plane out of Dawson City. We had a great 10 days together, watching the Yukon Quest roll through town, photographing the dogs, the sun, the snow,...
Brains, and -20 never felt so warm!
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Finally the warmth arrived! Well, not warmth like you’d expect, but warm for us after a long stretch in the minus forties! When we warmed up to -38C, I couldn’t...
Hey, it’s still cold here!
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The extreme cold was supposed to end on Sunday. Then Monday. It’s already moved on to Friday and now it’s been extended now until tomorrow too. This is extraordinary! I’m...
It’s pretty cold
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It is -45C here today, oh, just dropped to -46! That’s not windchill or exaggeration. Here’s a new thermometer I took out to the porch today: We’ve just taken over...
My 2019, one second at a time
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I kept using the One Second Everyday app throughout 2019. Here is a video recapping my entire year. Warning, it’s over 13 minutes long and I don’t expect anyone but...
New Years Eve: Fireworks, friends, and hot fires
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When you gather at a gold mine for New Years Eve, you’re doing it wrong if you don’t have hundreds of pallets on fire, a pot of chili on the...
Christmas time
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Here’s a photo gallery of pictures I’ve taken over the last couple of weeks, showing our Christmas time in pictures! (If you are reading this post via your email subscription,...