It’s totally not spring, it’s cold, and windy, and never ending, but it is sunny and the graders are stripping the snow off the streets! I zipped out for some…
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Sunshine, cold, frozen drain, and pumping iron
While my Dad has already blogged about spring’s arrival in Southern Ontario, we are a ways off up here in the Yukon. After starting today at -34C, it peaked at…
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Happy Thanksgiving!
It’s a lovely Thanksgiving Monday in Dawson City. Which means….. yep, the snow arrived this morning! It isn’t expected to stay, but there is a lot out there now! As…
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I’m back in the Yukon!
Every time I woke up over night, I could hear an owl hooting. I just love that sound! I stayed in the tent until after 7am this morning. Partly because…
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Roast beef, Gertie’s Opening Night, and ATV ride!
A week ago, Jeff invited a few friends over to help him eat a big roast beef he cooked. We had carrots and potatoes and a herb and cheese bread,…
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The 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…
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Thanksgiving 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…
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Frozen 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…
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I think I froze my eyelashes off
When I was rubbing my eye to get out a piece of grit, I noticed my eyelashes are super short!! Did I break them off, pull them out, or snap…
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Back to Denver
It was Friday morning and time to start heading back to Denver. Our first flight leading us home was on Saturday morning. One of my team leads and his wife,…
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Snow, freezing rain, friends, and feasts
On Friday morning I got up to do my hour walk before work and saw this when I opened the door: I had to walk in snow boots! I broke…
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Winter came back, and I hibernated for a bit
About 10 days ago I walked around Dawson City on a beautiful spring day and made a little video. Have a watch: One afternoon I even went for a walk…
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February sunshine
I think February is my favourite month of the winter here in Dawson City. The sun comes back, the snow is still hanging in the trees, and everything is so…
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Winter arrived and I’m not ready!
We just barely got our firewood in time, but we did! Jeff finished the final load off while I was away, and got the rest of it stacked and covered…
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Whitehorse trip, nothing to buy, more snow
We headed down to Whitehorse after work last Thursday for appointments. I had an annual mammogram and Jeff had dentist and eye doctor. I had no concerns going into the…
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The snow just keeps getting higher
We haven’t had many big dumps of snow, but it just keeps piling up! The good news is I kinda like shovelling. It is great exercise! Except now I have…
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Christmas 2021 highlights
It’s been a quiet and uneventful Christmas here in the Schuyler household in Dawson City. Actually in most of the entire town really. Most of our stores close for a…
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Remembrance Day hike
Today was a statutory holiday, so even though it didn’t get above -20C, I couldn’t miss the chance to be outside during the limited sunlight hours. I went for a…
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Welcome to Autumn
Our first significant snowfall started overnight, just in time for the first day of Autumn! Winter always makes a quick appearance, leaving me feeling a bit unprepared. We didn’t have…
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Another quad ride in the snow
We took another quad ride yesterday (Sunday) and were joined by a bunch of our quadding friends. We had 5 individual ATVs, and two side-by-sides. We re-visited a bunch of…
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