I’m so neglectful with my blogging. I draft all my stories in my head and then run out of time and I don’t get my fingers to follow through on…
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Video 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…
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Yukon 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…
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Yukon 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…
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Yukon 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…
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Yukon 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…
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Yukon 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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Yukon River Expedition – Day One
Last Saturday we departed on a multi-day expedition to travel the Yukon River from Whitehorse to Dawson City by boat. 740 km / 460 miles. I’m not going to call…
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So summery, so nice. Here are many pictures!
Saturday morning I woke up to the sound of sirens, a lot of sirens! Turns out it was the second wave of them, because they first went out in the…
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Whitehorse trip, flowers, and summer!
Flowers I was visiting Ontario during the spring plant sales in Dawson City. That one time of year when sellers bring trucks of plants up to town, local growers set…
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Labour Day long weekend – hiking, boating, and fall prep
We spent part of the September Labour Day long weekend labouring! Saturday With -1°C forecast for Saturday night, it was time to harvest the garden boxes. We picked all the…
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Firewood is DONE! And other various updates
Can you believe it!? We started our firewood just over a week ago, and we’re already done!! As you may remember, Jeff’s truck is still broken and can’t pull a…
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Summer visitors, smokey conditions
Jeff’s good friend Jaye from his college days came up with his wife Josee to visit us this week – their first time in the Yukon! It was a hot…
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Our boat has been launched!
It’s been a long series of silly misadventures but our boat has finally been launched! Our new engine requires a slow break-in period so we took a leisurely trip upriver…
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Big summer plans!
Part of living in the subartic is spending all your winter dreaming up big summer plans to squeeze into a couple months of our good weather. And then spend the…
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Valdez, Alaska
Our next vacation stop for three nights was Valdez, staying at the KOA campground just a couple miles before town. There aren’t that many roads in Alaska, so we back…
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Amsterdam, a boat ride with Paul, and a funeral!
Back in Amsterdam, I had pre-booked us a hotel room for three nights at the Doubletree by Hilton, right beside the Amsterdam Centraal station. It worked really well and was…
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Homer, the Kenai Peninsula, and Seward, Alaska
We spent an afternoon in Anchorage, doing some shopping. It probably sounds strange to go on vacation to shop, but we can’t shop for too much at home! We hit…
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Alaska trip: Salmon fishing, relaxing, Valdez, and the Lu-Lu Belle
It’s been a busy summer with visitors after visitors, and Jeff wanted to be sure we got in a summer vacation with just the two of us before fall hits….
Read MoreA cold fishing expedition over the Easter long weekend
Over the Easter weekend, since the ice has finally left the lakes, we thought we better get a jump on the season and get the boat wet! We tried a…
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