I saw the first barge of the year as I was running home from work and had to stop and take a picture. Yesterday there was a significant amount of driftwood in the river and a fair amount of ice mixed in. The river seemed to be mostly clear of drift today but that normally… Continue reading First Barge of 2021
Tag: Galena Alaska
Yukon River Breakup in Progress
Shortly after my last post the ice on the river here at Galena moved far enough for the tripod to fall. I didn’t go near the river till Monday morning so I wasn’t aware of it until I was running in to work. I stopped long enough to take a couple of pictures with my… Continue reading Yukon River Breakup in Progress
Meat in the freezer
Seems like I’m always heading out to hunt in the rain. The water was pretty choppy which made for an interesting ride. Thankfully I was able to hunt from a friends cabin this year. I’ve been to this cabin before and it sure beats living out of a small tent for a week. The weather… Continue reading Meat in the freezer
Waiting for breakup
Social distancing in bush Alaska So now we are doing “social distancing”, I suppose Galena is ahead of the most of the lower 48 since we are 270 air miles from the nearest large city, (Fairbanks). As far as I know most of the villages off the road system have halted passenger flights into and… Continue reading Waiting for breakup
Iditarod Photos
Here is a link to my photograph album for this years Iditarod. Enjoy!
A few more sled dog pictures
A little something to look at that isn’t in the major news. I was drinking my coffee and decided to upload a few more. Once I get caught up at work I’ll put an album up.
Iditarod Comes to Galena
Iditarod and other news Of course we all know what is dominating the news cycle lately. Not going to perpetuate that issue. I’ve been continuing with my run training. I still kind of have a hard time getting out and running at -30F but I’ll get there. Lynn and I had to cancel our trip… Continue reading Iditarod Comes to Galena
Running in the snow again
It warmed up considerably on Monday, it wasn’t too cold at about -2F but the overnight snowfall made the run it a little challenging. We got somewhere between 6 and 7 inches total over the weekend. The road in to work had not been plowed by the time I left so the run in was… Continue reading Running in the snow again
Back outside for a while, (I hope)
I’ve mostly been running on a treadmill this week. As much as I detest running on those, it is just hard to get motivated to run outside when it is -30F and colder. I know I should, but I chickened out and ran inside on the coldest days. Some places have treadmills that are positioned… Continue reading Back outside for a while, (I hope)
Unmistakeable signs of the first real cold snap
We listen to the weather forecasts but you never know how accurate they are. We knew it was finally going to get winter here and of course we’ve seen this before. Lynn and I live in a cabin, cabins are great but they are not nearly as well insulated as some of the more modern… Continue reading Unmistakeable signs of the first real cold snap