A winter visit
The winter! the brightness that blinds you, The white land locked tight as a drum, The cold fear that follows and finds you, The silence...
Brains, and -20 never felt so warm!
by Lisa
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Finally the warmth arrived! Well, not warmth like you’d expect, but warm for us after a long stretch in the minus forties! When we warmed...
Snowy November
by Lisa
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We both came back from Holland with a terrible cold. I’ve had weeks of a cough and green filled gooey chest. But I’ve come through...
Snow is here!
by Lisa
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On Thursday, during the noon hour, I ran some errands downtown and while I was outside the Bonanza Market, a native elder came up to...
A snowy August long weekend spent along a river
by Lisa
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On Friday after work, we drove up to one of our favourite spots, about 100 kilometres up the Dempster Highway for a weekend with friends...
Winter is settling in
by Lisa
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Winter moved in over the last week! The first few days of snow melted mostly during the day. The sunrise is around 9:30am now, but...
Sure sign of spring
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The city is plowing the roads! Other than a couple of the main streets, Dawson City doesn’t plow much in the winter, since we don’t...
Gorgeous afternoon
by Lisa
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I wasn’t feeling terribly productive after lunch today, so I caved to the draw of the sunshine and went for a couple hour hike. It’s...
A January afternoon hike
by Lisa
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I took a break from work this afternoon to drive up to Crocus Bluff for a quick hike. It is -25°C but the sun is so...