Tim Hortons really did bring back the Dutchie!
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Evening fishing adventure
We headed back up to the North Klondike River to go fishing after work today. We took Anna, visiting from Manitoba, with us so she could use her new Yukon…
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An afternoon of fishing
Today was probably supposed to be more productive, but I had a terrific hangover and the rain in the forecast postponed our firewood mission. So we went fishing. Actually I…
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Canada Day 2017 – Dawson City style!
Happy 150th Birthday Canada! Canada Day is one of my favourite holidays of the year. It makes me so full of Canadian pride and love! Canada Day 2017 was a…
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June visitors – the Schuylers and Uncle Paul !
Jeff’s Mom and Dad just came for a visit as part of their west coast holiday. We showed them the sites! In the above photo, we’re up on the Midnight…
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The shed is no more
We knew if we ever moved out of our rental house, we had to remove the shed Jeff built last year. Here it is a few months ago:Yesterday I had…
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We bought a house!
A couple of years ago when we got rid of half of our stuff and moved across the country, I wouldn’t have thought we’d buy a house so soon. Having…
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Dawson City’s first Air Show
The Canadian Arctic Aviation Tour 2017 arrived in Dawson City! This travelling air show is visiting 97 Arctic communities this summer, to celebrate Canada’s 150th birthday. From what I hear,…
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Spring comes to the Dempster
Today we took a drive up through Tombstone Park on the Dempster with our fishing poles, hoping the river wouldn’t still be frozen solid. Just 100km up the Dempster Highway,…
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Open Doors Dawson 2017
It is the May long weekend here in Canada. The epic “May 2-4”. The first weekend were hibernation ends and if you’re super hardy, the hiking/camping/swimming begins. However I’ve caught…
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San Diego, California meetup
I spent the last week in San Diego with thirteen of my coworkers for our annual team meetup. San Diego is lovely! The weather was warm, well for me, but…
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River breakup and photo dump
The Yukon River broke on May 3rd at 10:04am. I missed it. I was sitting at my desk in our home, participating in a video chat with my team at…
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Emergency preparedness brochure – nice timing!
How timely that we received an Emergency Preparedness brochure in our mailbox today! Why timely? Well this morning there were two big earthquakes in the southern end of the Yukon…
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Spring on the Midnight Dome
The first growth here in the spring is the sudden emergence of the Prairie Crocus. Aren’t they breathtaking? We found these up on the Midnight Dome – the peak behind…
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Easter weekend entertainment
The long Easter weekend started on a big high with the Canadian premiere of Dawson City: Frozen Time at the Dawson City International Film Fest. Dawson City: Frozen Time I’ve…
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The thaw is on
The thaw is on! Streets are melting, mud and puddles are reappearing, and with all the metal roofs in town, the snow is crashing off like avalanches! The sunset is…
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The 2017 Percy DeWolfe Memorial Mail Race kicked off this morning
The Percy DeWolfe race memorializes Percy DeWolfe, who used to carry the mail by dog team, horse, and boat between Dawson City, Yukon and Eagle, Alaska between 1910 and 1949. The…
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Sure sign of spring
The city is plowing the roads! Other than a couple of the main streets, Dawson City doesn’t plow much in the winter, since we don’t get much snow at once,…
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Las Vegas, NASCAR race, and sunburn!
Once we were back in Las Vegas, we returned the rental Ford Mustang, and took a short cab ride over to the Flamingo hotel on the strip. Our luggage was…
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The Grand Canyon
The Grand Canyon was pretty neat! It’s one of those iconic places I’ve seen on TV and movies my entire life, so I wasn’t sure whether it was also going…
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