I changed my oil, serviced the lower unit and put fresh gas in the tank the other day. The wind was kind of strong last couple of days but the weather improved a little today so I decided to go out and see how the boat runs. I ran upriver quite a little ways and… Continue reading First boat trip of the year!
Tag: Galena Alaska
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
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
Too cold for propane
The temperature had been around -42℉ for most of the day, then Lynn tried to use the stove and it wouldn’t light. I checked the weather and found that we had finally got down below -44℉. The boiling point of propane is -44.1℉ so propane appliances don’t work below this temp. It should get a… Continue reading Too cold for propane
Update from Galena
The weather here has been interesting the last couple of weeks. It would warm up to unseasonably high temperatures, (30 to 40F) rain and then cool off and freeze up. This was coupled with extremely high winds for this part of the state. We had gusts of over 54 mph reported at the airport and… Continue reading Update from Galena
Finally getting a little cold weather
Fall seems to be over finally. The ice started running a little bit on Thursday when Lynn and I were flying into town. We still don’t have enough snow on the ground to run our snow machine and it is just barely below freezing. I have enclosed a short video of the ice running on… Continue reading Finally getting a little cold weather
New Snow Machine
Here is my new 600 four stroke superwide track that is replacing the machine that was destroyed in the flood. This machine is considerably larger than my old one. It has a 24 inch wide track instead of the 16 inch track on the previous machine and it is powered by a 600cc four stroke… Continue reading New Snow Machine