I returned home from Singapore with an icky cold! What started with a sore throat spread to face pain (sinuses probably?), sore teeth, crackly ears, chest congestion, sneezing, coughing, just…
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Spring Updates
Nothing substantial today, just a bunch of pictures and brief updates! Garage flooded Our garage flooded! The base of the garage doors is flush with the back alley. In the…
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Happy Easter!
I’m on my last day off from a 4-day long weekend. Very overdue. I’ve been working too much, and the nature of the non-stop grind with AI agents leaves me…
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Thaw di Gras 2026
It was Dawson City’s Thaw di Gras Spring Carnival this past weekend. As always, it was bitterly cold, but sunny! I went out three nights in a row! We kicked…
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The graders say it is SPRING!
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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The Yukon River broke! Plus crocuses, and a BEAR!
One of the most exciting days every year, the ice broke on the Yukon River this morning and the river is flowing again! Here’s a video from Jeff’s office window:…
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SPRING! So much food this week!
My, how quickly have we gone from this: To this! And now to puddles!! It’s been a busy week! (Sally is still with us. Quiet and mostly sleeping – she’s…
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April Updates
I’m so sorry I’ve been woefully neglecting you, my loyal blog readers. I’m just finishing up week two of a fitness challenge I joined, so that means outside of working,…
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Spring is here!
Thaw di Gras was last weekend and I didn’t participate in any of it 🙁 It was cold, windy, snowy, and for some reason we just didn’t get into it….
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River broke, flooding, sandbagging, and camping
The Yukon River broke on Tuesday, May 9th at 5:31pm. I had been back and forth to the river all day watching the progress, but I was hosting an online…
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Waiting for the river to break
It’s been a late spring this year, but things are picking up! The breaking of the Yukon River feels like the beginning of our summer. It signifies the beginning of…
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Slow glimpses of spring
Spring is slowly creeping in, and I love it! It’s already light until after 10pm and it is light when we wake up! A couple of weeks ago Jeff said,…
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What’s up?
I’m long overdue for updates. So let me ask myself the questions that are surely on your mind. Is it spring up there yet? Yes! Of course it is spring!…
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First quad ride of 2021
A sunny Sunday afternoon? Sounds like a good day to fire up the quads and go for an adventure! Jeff and I headed out Bonanza Road and left the road…
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The great thaw update, red polls, puddles, and pussy willows
Just as forecast, a couple weeks ago we went from a couple nights at -30C to a daytime temperature of +10! It didn’t take more than a day or two…
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The great thaw is scheduled to start next week!
While we have all the sunshine of spring, the thawing part has eluded us. We’ve been consistently below zero, despite our long days. It is already not dark when I…
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Its Spring!
It was -28C / -18F over night, but sunny today and -14C / 6.8F. I have the day off after working a Saturday shift, so I took a little drive…
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Crocuses everywhere!
It was warm up on the Dome this afternoon! Twenty degrees with a light breeze and hot sun. I was the only one around, so I wandered around to see…
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The thaw continues
Here are some random photos from the last week. We had some terrific puddles for a bit, well flooding really, before the storm sewer pipes were steamed and thawed and…
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The Great Thaw Begins!
We hit 14 degrees Celcius this afternoon! The thaw is on! Here are a few photos from my walk around town this afternoon. The website at https://yukonriverbreakup.com/ has started posting…
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