I’ve been slow to blog about my recent trip to Ontario! I’m sorry! This time I didn’t take a million pictures and lived a little more in the moment, but…
Read MoreI think I accidentally fixed my Achilles’
OK, I know that no one cares about this but me, but I’m so giddy that I may have just fixed one of my crippling limitations, that I just had…
Read MoreLet’s build a log cabin on the moon
I really enjoy playing with AI – Artificial Intelligence. ChatGPT has become my companion all day while I work, and even when I need a recipe. I can tell it…
Read MoreMuseum Fundraising Auction 2024
We hosted our annual fundraising auction at the Dawson City Museum on Saturday night. It’s a big event and the highlight of the year for many! The museum employees are…
Read MoreMy feet…
… are getting longer Why are my shoes and boots getting too small? Last winter, I hiked in a pair of Keen waterproof shoes with ice cleats on them, and…
Read MoreThe city is ours again! (sorry tourists)
And sorry about that old post that was emailed out to my subscribers from 2011! I thought I’d better add a new post, too, so you weren’t teased by a…
Read MoreThanksgiving weekend
We’ve got a light layer of snow on the ground, and based on our forecast, I think winter has arrived. The ferry’s last sailing across our river is on Tuesday…
Read MoreFrozen preciptation is falling
Is it snow? Is it frozen drizzle? It kinda looks like light snow. And it is below freezing outside. This is when the reality sets in and you realize just…
Read MorePetaluma, California
Last Saturday, Jeff and his friend Ray were already out on their hunting expedition. I packed for my trip to California, took one last hike with Hank, had a last…
Read MoreSeptember Fun
Wood is Stacked! This was the easiest year for wood EVER! We had more left over from last year than we maybe ever had. And we ordered wood that came…
Read MoreFall… Autumn… whatever you call it.. it’s here
We’ve had a couple weeks of nighttime frost risks. The leaves are turning and falling off. It’s our rainy season. Those little black flies that sit on your eyes are…
Read MoreOntario in August
It was a quick trip home with so much squeezed in. I’m left feeling very full (of food, especially pie) and longing for deeper, longer conversations with everyone. We had…
Read MoreI just got a letter from my Grandma Stock
I have so many adventures and photos to share from my last week visiting Ontario (again) but I need to start with this one. When I was visiting my Mom’s…
Read MoreAdams Dam
I imagine few people have visited the Adams Dam on Adams Creek, a tributary of Bonanza Creek. Maybe some people don’t even know it exists. I didn’t. Jeff has known…
Read MoreVideo recap of our expedition
We didn’t purposely make a video of our trip down the Yukon River, but I used Apple’s Live Photo feature on my iPhone so I had hundreds of ~2 second…
Read MoreYukon River Expedition – Day Six
Oh boy, what a morning face! We slept in, until almost 7! It was a good sleep, well, on and off. My air mattress didn’t hit the magic perfect density…
Read MoreYukon River Expedition – Day Five
I was up at 4am to pee so I pulled the fly off the tent and released all the flies! I thought this was a genius, but they still all…
Read MoreYukon River Expedition – Day Four
What a wonderful sleep I had! Finally! I can’t even explain why, but I felt safer here, more comfortable and relaxed. Maybe it was because we could hear trucks from…
Read MoreYukon River Expedition – Day Three
We got up at 6am. Jeff had been awake for awhile and said he heard a moose out in the swampy river behind our high perched site. I was so…
Read MoreYukon River Expedition – Day Two
We were up at 5am. It was a hot night when we crawled into the tent the night before, but we both woke up under our sleeping bags so it…
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