All the ice is gone from the Yukon here in Galena. The first barge hasn’t arrived yet but I don’t think it will be too far away. There is still a lot of driftwood in the river so I am going to hold off putting the boat in for a few days. I still need… Continue reading Yukon River is ice free in Galena
Author: scottbetterton
Prepairing for another construction season in Galena
The ice is still running but consists mostly of small chunks. The weather was beautiful today with just a few mosquito’s out. Aircraft have been flying in almost every day bringing in construction materials for people rebuilding their homes. The barges won’t be able to run until the river is ice free but that shouldn’t… Continue reading Prepairing for another construction season in Galena
Ice run in Galena
[youtube=http://youtu.be/wrnfl1SxxG0] The ice was running today so hopefully the river will be open soon. Ice had been stopped at the bends above town and at Bishop Rock but things started moving this afternoon. We will check on this again but maybe breakup is close to being over.
The ice moved in Galena !
The ice moved today but was stopped by the time I got down to the river. The water is still low, about 104 feet. It was a little cooler today than it has been, in fact I saw a few snowflakes this morning. It will be nice to be able to get my boat in… Continue reading The ice moved in Galena !
Waiting for breakup
Waiting for breakup to start and it doesn’t look like it should be too far away. The weather is warm, all the snow is gone off the ground and the days are getting warm. I was riding my four-wheeler wearing a short sleeve shirt today so the weather is pretty nice. We are hoping this… Continue reading Waiting for breakup
More 2014 Iditarod Pictures
Here are some more pictures from the 2014 Iditarod at Galena. Most of these pictures were made from the river before the checkpoint.
2014 Iditarod
The 2014 Iditarod finally made it in to Galena. I missed the first few teams as they came in pretty early. The weather is nice, not too cold and very little wind. We were told the first teams probably wouldn’t make it in until late Friday but I think the first one came in early… Continue reading 2014 Iditarod
Finally got some firewood in!
With help from a couple of co-workers my chainsaw is now running after being completely submerged in water from the flood. I have a cord of dry wood in the yard and finally got to build a fire tonight. The timing couldn’t be better as the weather is returning to temperatures that are a bit… Continue reading Finally got some firewood in!
Heat Wave
We have been having very warm weather here lately. It gets above freezing for a good portion of the day. The weather is more like early spring than January. There is a lot of overflow on the creeks and lakes making travel fairly hazardous. These pictures show the weird property of snow around here when… Continue reading Heat Wave
Getting Water
I finally got the snow machine broke in enough to haul water. We had a fairly good snowfall yesterday so I wasn’t able to get the four wheeler out of the driveway. My water hauling tank holds 150 gallons so it was a pretty heavy load even for this machine. Lynn had lots of laundry… Continue reading Getting Water