What a cold day waiting for the first musher to arrive in Dawson City. Roughly -30°C but with a bit of a breeze which we don’t have that often. Brrr!…
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The sun is back!!
After lunch, just after 1pm, I basked in the sunshine! It’s back in town! It’s a really weird phenomenon, seeing that big glowing orb over town for the first time…
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Stunning Northern Lights right now!
Mid-winter isn’t usually so great for seeing the auroras here in town, because the sky is usually blocked out by ice fog and wood stove exhaust. But tonight the sky…
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Noon walk with my camera – not the usual iPhone shots!
Another mild day – around -15°C – so I took my actual camera out on my walk today, rather than just my iPhone. I’ve shared many of these scenes and…
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Some more pictures of the night sky
My GoPro and I just walked around town. Here are a few shots:
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Yukon River is getting slushy!
Jeff has a horrible awful cold, so I wandered to the grocery store again on this Sunday morning to get him cough medicine. This is about 10:30am. -10°C Definitely hat…
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Pictures from my walk home from the grocery store
Yesterday the grocery store was completely out of milk and frozen pie crusts, but the truck came in today, so I wandered over this afternoon for pumpkin pie supplies. Here…
Read MoreI’m back!
It’s so hard to leave Dawson City, if even for two weeks. This is my safe place, my utopia, my world. But once I leave, this town feels so far away,…
Read MorePhotodump – June 2016
Just dumping some photos from the last few weeks before I head out on another adventure!
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Summer solstice in Dawson City
Two years ago we were visiting Dawson City. We had no idea at the time we’d be moving here a year later! The summer solstice this year was actually on…
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Doors Open Dawson 2016
I’ve been waiting for this day for almost a year! Before we moved here, I heard there was a day in May where you can go into some of Dawson…
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Spring in Dawson City
Was there a spring in Dawson City? It is May 12 and 28°C today. This seems to be summer. I suppose spring was probably that week or so where the entire…
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Back in Dawson, with many blog posts to write
I’ve been back home in Dawson City, after a couple weeks away in Ireland and Scotland. Most of the snow left Dawson while I was away, and most of the…
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I love this place! And the simpler life
We’re been living in Dawson City for 4.5 months now, and I still love it! I love: the snow how loud it is walking on a frozen wooden sidewalk walking around…
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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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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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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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An update in photos
Some quick updates, mostly in photos: Artists on Eighth A few days ago I jumped in on an annual celebration of 4 great authors who are celebrated on the 8th…
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View from above
Up above the town, there is the “Midnight Dome” outlook that you can drive up to (or hike if you’re ridiculously fit) and look off in all directions. Look at how…
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