The Yukon River broke on May 3rd at 10:04am. I missed it. I was sitting at my desk in our home, participating in a video chat with my team at…
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Darkest day of the year
Just 4 hours and 10 minutes of daylight here today, on the winter solstice. Although if it is cloudy like yesterday, it’ll probably be dim enough for a lamp all…
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Drove up the hill to find the sun
We predicted a low key weekend since it is so cold outside, but it turns out there are tons of things to do! First, we went to the Visitor’s Centre…
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My walk home from a lunch date
Jeff and I try to meet for lunch at a restaurant once a week. Mostly this is for my benefit, I suspect. In the winter it is easy to squirrel myself…
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Yukon River is getting slushy!
Jeff has a horrible awful cold, so I wandered to the grocery store again on this Sunday morning to get him cough medicine. This is about 10:30am. -10°C Definitely hat…
Read MoreMore northern lights photography testing with the GoPro
I took the GoPro down to the river bank tonight around 10pm. I don’t know if this was more a test of my personal bravery for going down to the…
Read MoreVideo: Driving across the Yukon River
Jeff headed out of town for a few days this afternoon, but first we had a nice lunch out, and then drove across the frozen river! It was a gorgeous…
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Forty Mile – we made it!
After getting so close to the abandoned townsite of Forty Mile last weekend, we just couldn’t wait until next summer to make it all the way. We geared up with…
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