Yukon River is ice free in Galena

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

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

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

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