We decided to stay put this weekend and get some projects done inside our house. Without a basement, or a garage, or even a shed, and despite downsizing half of…
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Mid-November update – it is getting colder!
I love cold weather, when it takes you 10 minutes to get out of the house, because you have to change, and put on long johns, and a couple pairs…
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Caribou on the Dempster
If you quickly glanced at the next photo, you’d think we got an early start on our Saturday adventure today, but I took that photo at 9:59AM (sunrise was 9:41 today)…
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Our trip to Whitehorse
Last week Jeff had meetings for work in our capital city of Whitehorse, so I took the week off to go with him so we could stock up on supplies…
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Beautiful wintry walk through town
It is Sunday… aka Football and NASCAR day in our house. So I bundled up to enjoy the crisp November subarctic air and went for a walk – dogless, since…
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The ferry was pulled out of the river today
I signed out of work today to walk down to the waterfront and watch the river ferry get pulled out of the river. It seemed like a really important thing…
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A recap of my trip to Ontario
A few weeks ago now, I took a trip home to Ontario for a week before heading to Utah for my annual company meetup. Highlights of my visit: visiting my…
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I’m home!!
I have weeks of stories to tell, so naturally I’m going to start backwards, skip all the good stuff, and start with today 😉 In the last 3 weeks I’ve…
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A few more pictures from Saturday
Here are a few more photos from our trip up to Tombstone on Saturday. We found some old equipment on a back road off the Dempster. I believe it was…
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The fox
We drove up the Dempster highway today and found more snow in Tombstone Territorial Park. We had the pleasure of watching a fox hunting along the side of the road. He…
Read MoreCalzones!
I’ve made more things from scratch in this home than I’ve made in years. Today I made a whole wheat pizza crust, and after the dough rose, I made a couple calzones for…
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Forty Mile – we made it!
After getting so close to the abandoned townsite of Forty Mile last weekend, we just couldn’t wait until next summer to make it all the way. We geared up with…
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Batten the hatches, winter is coming!
We moved to Dawson City at the end of July, so we’ve had plenty of time to view the hustle and bustle of the tourist season. Shops bustling, line-ups at…
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Sunday’s adventures: Saw two caribou and a bear!
Yesterday (Sunday) , we drove across the Top of the World Highway, over to the Alaska border. The border closes in a couple of weeks for the season, so we wanted one last…
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Saturday’s drive to find winter
Finally a clear sky day! Saturday of the Labour Day long weekend we headed up the Dempster Highway to Tombstone Territorial Park again to hunt for birds (grouse and ptarmigan)…
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Adventures with Dad: Tombstone, Northern Lights, Beer, and Shelves
Tombstone Dad, Jeff, and I went up to Tombstone about 10 days ago. Jeff went fishing, Dad and I went sightseeing. It was a cloudy day, which meant it was a…
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Adventures with Dad: Cranberries
I’m pretty sure Dad knows more people in town now than I do. While he’s been waiting for the rain to lift before he ventures on into Alaska, he’s done…
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Adventures with Dad: Caribou and the Midnight Dome
Caribou Dad and I set off for the Top of the World Highway to see if we could find any of the caribou of the Porcupine Herd. After scouting the…
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Adventures with Dad: Gertie’s & the Dredges
Dad is visiting! He came up to the Yukon to catch the fall colours on the Dempster. Here are some of the highlights so far: Diamond Tooth Gerties: Travelling the backroads:…
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Tombstone Park and Jeff’s first Grayling!
Since it was a holiday today (Discovery Day) and we both had the day off work, and all the Discovery Days events were over, we went on an exploration/fishing trip….
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