Warm winter This weeks weather didn’t really lend itself to much in the way of photography. Snowball wasn’t too happy about it either as you can tell by her expression. Mostly ice fog, so much in fact that flights in and out of Galena were cancelled at times. To be sure I would rather cancel… Continue reading Flat light, blowing snow and earthquakes
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Lessons learned from my first full year of commuting by bicycle
A year ago I decided I would try to use my bicycle to get to work and back every day. To be fair the trip isn’t that long, about 3.5 to 4 miles depending on the route I take so I figured it should be doable. If nothing else I planned to save gas and… Continue reading Lessons learned from my first full year of commuting by bicycle
Springtime in Galena
The weather has started warming up here. We had a fairly normal winter this year with -50℉ or so as the lowest temperature. Just cold enough to prevent us from using our propane for a while. Assuming we don’t have any sudden long cold spells for the rest of this year we still have firewood… Continue reading Springtime in Galena
Fall is here
I haven’t posted anything since just after moose season so I thought I would send out this update. We haven’t had a lot of snow this year but we do have a little on the ground. The weather has been a little warmer than usual also but this just makes going back and forth to… Continue reading Fall is here
More moose photos
Cow moose For the people who have never seen an Alaska moose I thought they might enjoy these. I was splitting wood in my yard and a young cow moose comes walking through the yard. I am no biologist but she looks like a two or three year old cow. A little smaller than average… Continue reading More moose photos
Moose in the freezer
Lynn and I have moose meat in the freezer now. I wasn’t able to get someone to go with me this year so I opted for a solo moose hunt. Might think twice about that next time. I left last Sunday morning for my moose camp in a light rain. My camp is a little… Continue reading Moose in the freezer
Moose in my yard
The weather was nice this weekend so I was outside doing some work and had a couple of young moose come into my yard. Hope you enjoy the pictures. I went out last weekend for a couple of days camping and was able to scout a good area for hunting. I am planning on going… Continue reading Moose in my yard
2016 Iditarod
Dog teams started arriving in Galena a couple of days ago. I was busy Saturday and did not get a chance to get down to the checkpoint. We went down there today to take some food to the mushers and get some pictures of the dogs. A little snow was falling and the temperature was… Continue reading 2016 Iditarod
The year without winter
I haven’t posted since Christmas since I was waiting for some significant winter weather but so far it hasn’t happened. Iron Dog came and went and although most years the weather has been close to -40F during the race I don’t think it got below 20F during the whole thing. We also haven’t had much… Continue reading The year without winter
Christmas in Galena
We have been pretty busy this fall with school. It hasn’t been too cold but it got down to around -30F during Christmas. It warmed up to around 0F today and should be above zero all next week. I took a trip to Arkansas for Thanksgiving and had a great time except for all the… Continue reading Christmas in Galena