I was up early, which is easy to do when you go to bed by 8pm! I packed up as quietly as possible and then drove to the comfort station…
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Today it rained. All day.
When I booked two nights for us at Esker Lakes, I imagined us renting a canoe or a peddle boat and doing a hike or two. We eyed up the…
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Coyotes and the world’s largest perogy
That was my worst sleep yet – last night in the abandoned baseball diamond in the ghost town. I probably shouldn’t have had a pop before bed. I had to…
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RAIN!
The rain was SO LOUD on the tent over night! Thunder and lightning too! This time the forecast was right, it was going to rain, and it did, for hours….
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Off we go!
My grandiose ideas of all the things I could fit in my truck ….. I was delusional! We are stuffed! Everything has its place. And I’m so glad Jeff got…
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Stewart, BC
It has been raining for hours. I’m standing on a covered patio attached to the laundry room at the Bear River RV park in Stewart, BC. We got a spot…
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What happens when my truck is in the shop
Here’s a message dialogue between me and Jeff who’s out of town this week. I feel old.
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A rainy Saturday at Universal
You just haven’t lived until you spend a day in the rain at an amusement park. It was Saturday and it was raining. But we went ALL IN and updated…
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Landslides, cut off again, and Fiona
It poured rain overnight on Wednesday, which caused several landslides south of Dawson City yesterday. The road first closed just south of the Dempster turn off, due to landslides. Then…
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Last minute, solo, autumn adventure
I headed north on the Dempster this week for a couple nights solo. Something unexpected, work related, was really bothering me, something I could do nothing about, so I decided…
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Floods, smoke, landslides, and security duty
What a few days in Dawson City! The Yukon River’s water level has been rising with the meltwater of our record snowfall this winter. And then rain entered the forecast!…
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Back to work, firewood, and flowers
Last week I started back at work after three months off. If I had any other job, I bet I would have dreaded it. But I love my job. I…
Read MoreThaw continues
Here is the current view from my office. The lake is still frozen solid. We have a rainfall warning in place for later today and tomorrow so maybe there will…
Read MoreNovember’s here, fire, ticks, shopping, and a new bed is on its way
November is here, time to start heating the house! Jeff threw a load of wood down the basement walkout stairs yesterday and I stacked it in the basement wood rack….
Read MoreToday started at 4:50am…
There I was, sitting in my massive travel trailer, getting ready for a nap, hoping my company would leave so I could see if the antennae on the TV got…
Read MoreSpring thaw… in January!
I slept through a windy rain storm last night and woke up to find most of our snow is gone and our driveway is passable again! Jeff had a great…
Read MoreIce cleats – get ’em!
While the rest of the continent is experiencing the polar vortex, our temperature spiked to 7°C today with rain. That means our driveway is hard, wet, and incredibly icy. Like…
Read MoreTropical Storm Andrea
June 6 and we have a Tropical Cyclone information statement for Atlantic Canada! I’ve been watching the newly named Andrea churn up in the Gulf of Mexico for the last…
Read MoreWhat’s this, some sort of tropical storm?
+9 right now and pouring rain and very windy. Today I am cleaning the house, washing bedding for Mom & Julie, and maybe I’ll get to the baking. Jeff…
Read MoreMilder, stormier winter predicted for us
Meteorologist Brett Anderson at Accuweather has predicted a milder winter for Atlantic Canada, with more storms. “For Saint John’s and Halifax, we do expect a fairly stormy winter, especially from January…
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