I’m so neglectful with my blogging. I draft all my stories in my head and then run out of time and I don’t get my fingers to follow through on…
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Video recap of our expedition
We didn’t purposely make a video of our trip down the Yukon River, but I used Apple’s Live Photo feature on my iPhone so I had hundreds of ~2 second…
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Yukon River Expedition – Day Six
Oh boy, what a morning face! We slept in, until almost 7! It was a good sleep, well, on and off. My air mattress didn’t hit the magic perfect density…
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Yukon River Expedition – Day Five
I was up at 4am to pee so I pulled the fly off the tent and released all the flies! I thought this was a genius, but they still all…
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Yukon River Expedition – Day Four
What a wonderful sleep I had! Finally! I can’t even explain why, but I felt safer here, more comfortable and relaxed. Maybe it was because we could hear trucks from…
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Yukon River Expedition – Day Three
We got up at 6am. Jeff had been awake for awhile and said he heard a moose out in the swampy river behind our high perched site. I was so…
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Yukon River Expedition – Day Two
We were up at 5am. It was a hot night when we crawled into the tent the night before, but we both woke up under our sleeping bags so it…
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Yukon River Expedition – Day One
Last Saturday we departed on a multi-day expedition to travel the Yukon River from Whitehorse to Dawson City by boat. 740 km / 460 miles. I’m not going to call…
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Labour Day long weekend – hiking, boating, and fall prep
We spent part of the September Labour Day long weekend labouring! Saturday With -1°C forecast for Saturday night, it was time to harvest the garden boxes. We picked all the…
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Our boat has been launched!
It’s been a long series of silly misadventures but our boat has finally been launched! Our new engine requires a slow break-in period so we took a leisurely trip upriver…
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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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Big summer plans!
Part of living in the subartic is spending all your winter dreaming up big summer plans to squeeze into a couple months of our good weather. And then spend the…
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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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Break up
We were actually standing on the shore of the Yukon River when it broke this evening! We were walking Hank in the 6pm hour. Jeff took Hank home while I…
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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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Remembrance Day 2020
Remembrance Day falling mid week was a perfectly timed break, away from work, meetings, and obligations. We both took the chance to sleep in, which is remarkably easy when the…
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Sunburn, smoked clothes, and flowing rivers
All is right in my world again. I’ve got a sunburn on my face, my clothes smell like a campfire, and the Yukon River broke late yesterday afternoon! The last…
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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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Memories of a riverboat captain
I just finished reading A Cheechako goes to the Klondike by Charles W. Adams. Highly recommended if you are interested in Klondike, Yukon, or Alaskan history! I had seen this book on the shelf before,…
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Dawson City’s first Air Show
The Canadian Arctic Aviation Tour 2017 arrived in Dawson City! This travelling air show is visiting 97 Arctic communities this summer, to celebrate Canada’s 150th birthday. From what I hear,…
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