1. Of all the benefits to doing yoga at home, the best is being able to fart freely
2. It surprised me how happy it continues to make me to have stackable recycling sorting bins in our basement
3. I hate putting nails into the walls. I always things it's going to cost us our security deposit.
4. I wish Yukon would sort out butchering laws so I could get local meat easier. It's stupid to ship it from Calgary.
5. I enjoy that, other than mountains and the Yukon River, my view from work is the enormous setting sun biker logo of the Yukon Harley Davidson store.
Monday, October 19, 2009
Friday, October 09, 2009
Tuesday, October 06, 2009
man
I wrote a whole post with pictures last night, a really good one that was frigging long and blogger lost it. when I stop being so pissy about it I'll try try again.
Blogger! *shakes fist*
Blogger! *shakes fist*
Monday, October 05, 2009
Bam!
Okay, so lots happened over the last little while, mostly to do with my parents visit (hi mom and dad!) coinciding with my sister's conference/visit (hi C!).
Mom and dad spoiled us with lots of delicious food and awesome visits and one semi-eventful drive out to Haines Junction where our car, which we have owned for a whopping 7 months, came up with seriously freaky bad engine sounds. I believe that R and I have not owned a car together that has been on the road for more than 8 months. We take it for a second opinion Thursday, wish us a tolerable damage report!
Anyway anyway, the reason for this post: pictures. I would like to say that fall has come and gone and it is currently snowing outside, and the snow is sticking.
I would like to repeat that IT IS CURRENTLY SNOWING OUTSIDE AND THE SNOW IS STICKING. Time to separate the southern northerners from the northern southerners, y'all.
So anyway, I took Monday afternoon and Tuesday of last week off to hang with my sister before she headed back to sunny Ontari-ario. We went to Miles Canyon, about 10 minutes form town and saw eagles and beautiful vistas and the aquamarine of the fast flowing Yukon River. I would talk more about it except Tuesday was so awesome the relative awesomeness of Monday was DEMOLISHED.
Tuesday we woke up and after spending an invigorating 45 minutes walking the National Rental girl through the exact same process as we went through the night before booking the car (since the no one picked up the phone) We hit the Alaska Highway. [She made the exact same mistake both times, tried to charge us for 2 days both time and needed help both times. Less than 12 hours apart. ]
We drove to Skagway which is truly a scenic drive, the mountains get pointier and awesome, you pass through alpine regions above the treeline, an you pass though valleys and lakes that are emerald in colour. You go through the US border which is not really near anywhere. The drive is about 2 hours.
W get to Skagway, a port town and it is abandoned for the season (almost). All the shops are shut, the last cruise ship went through yesterday, the last ferry was that day, it was also the last day for the diner in town. There were no tourists and it was sunny and beautiful with no clouds in the sky. We had planned to do a hike up a hill past a historic graveyard to get a good view of the town and surrounding close pointy mountains.
Until, as we wandered around, C asked, "hey I wonder if there are any sightseeing tours still running"? She didn't mean the trolleys pulled by horses, narrated by seasonal workers in period costume (true fact). She meant: airplane.
We walked to the airport (3 blocks away) and chatted with the wings of Alaska Ladies and they said," Oh we'll call Pilot Paul and see what he says!"
45 minutes later we were in a 5 seater plane with pilot Paul, two people from Haines Alaska, having our minds blown. We had an unforgettable, unbelievable trip. Here are the verbal highlights before I get into the pictures:
- When we called Pilot Paul was 15 minutes away from taking off from Haines with his passengers, we would have missed the whole thing if we hadn't called when we did
- the Other guys paid for the 1.5 hour flight, we paid for the 1 hour and got the longer trip (yes!)
- It was the only fully cloudless and sunny day for a week and since then too
- there were only 2 seats left, and 2 of us
- it was the only time of day we could go since we had to drive home that evening
- keep in mind the following are not screen savers, not fake, and were taken from like 14000 feet
- also keep in mind that my sister and my minds were blown immediately and from emailing her, I can say our minds have not unblown. We went over Glacier National Park and saw mountain goats and a whale! And on the way home on the road we saw a damn huge black bear which doesn't even matter since the rest of the day was so unreal. THE BEAR ALMOST DIDN'T MATTER, PEOPLE.
Check it.
Mom and dad spoiled us with lots of delicious food and awesome visits and one semi-eventful drive out to Haines Junction where our car, which we have owned for a whopping 7 months, came up with seriously freaky bad engine sounds. I believe that R and I have not owned a car together that has been on the road for more than 8 months. We take it for a second opinion Thursday, wish us a tolerable damage report!
Anyway anyway, the reason for this post: pictures. I would like to say that fall has come and gone and it is currently snowing outside, and the snow is sticking.
I would like to repeat that IT IS CURRENTLY SNOWING OUTSIDE AND THE SNOW IS STICKING. Time to separate the southern northerners from the northern southerners, y'all.
So anyway, I took Monday afternoon and Tuesday of last week off to hang with my sister before she headed back to sunny Ontari-ario. We went to Miles Canyon, about 10 minutes form town and saw eagles and beautiful vistas and the aquamarine of the fast flowing Yukon River. I would talk more about it except Tuesday was so awesome the relative awesomeness of Monday was DEMOLISHED.
Tuesday we woke up and after spending an invigorating 45 minutes walking the National Rental girl through the exact same process as we went through the night before booking the car (since the no one picked up the phone) We hit the Alaska Highway. [She made the exact same mistake both times, tried to charge us for 2 days both time and needed help both times. Less than 12 hours apart. ]
We drove to Skagway which is truly a scenic drive, the mountains get pointier and awesome, you pass through alpine regions above the treeline, an you pass though valleys and lakes that are emerald in colour. You go through the US border which is not really near anywhere. The drive is about 2 hours.
W get to Skagway, a port town and it is abandoned for the season (almost). All the shops are shut, the last cruise ship went through yesterday, the last ferry was that day, it was also the last day for the diner in town. There were no tourists and it was sunny and beautiful with no clouds in the sky. We had planned to do a hike up a hill past a historic graveyard to get a good view of the town and surrounding close pointy mountains.
Until, as we wandered around, C asked, "hey I wonder if there are any sightseeing tours still running"? She didn't mean the trolleys pulled by horses, narrated by seasonal workers in period costume (true fact). She meant: airplane.
We walked to the airport (3 blocks away) and chatted with the wings of Alaska Ladies and they said," Oh we'll call Pilot Paul and see what he says!"
45 minutes later we were in a 5 seater plane with pilot Paul, two people from Haines Alaska, having our minds blown. We had an unforgettable, unbelievable trip. Here are the verbal highlights before I get into the pictures:
- When we called Pilot Paul was 15 minutes away from taking off from Haines with his passengers, we would have missed the whole thing if we hadn't called when we did
- the Other guys paid for the 1.5 hour flight, we paid for the 1 hour and got the longer trip (yes!)
- It was the only fully cloudless and sunny day for a week and since then too
- there were only 2 seats left, and 2 of us
- it was the only time of day we could go since we had to drive home that evening
- keep in mind the following are not screen savers, not fake, and were taken from like 14000 feet
- also keep in mind that my sister and my minds were blown immediately and from emailing her, I can say our minds have not unblown. We went over Glacier National Park and saw mountain goats and a whale! And on the way home on the road we saw a damn huge black bear which doesn't even matter since the rest of the day was so unreal. THE BEAR ALMOST DIDN'T MATTER, PEOPLE.
Check it.
BAM!
BAM! (Glacier at 14,000 ft)
BAM!
Monday, September 28, 2009
still around
hey so it hasn't escaped my notice that my new-mom friend Batman is posting higher quality and more frequent posts than I am managing to do. Not my fault if she's a hero ;-)
1. My parents have been in town for a week, but they leave this afternoon which is hard. The only really tough part about being where we are is how far away from family we are. We both miss them right away. I hope they felt liek thay had a full visit.
2. My sister is also in town! She got in last Wednesday evening and leaves this Wednesday morning first thing (ugh) in the morning, so we still have some time. We're gonna check out Miles Canyon and Canyon city and maybe hit up Skagway or some other day trip.
3. Yesterday we took a family road trip to see the mountains in Haines Junction/Kluane. Which was fine until we got there and the car started shaking and the check engine light came on and it felt very very odd. We nervously made it home, around 140 km (for a while between signs announcing we were outside the 911 zone). So that cramps plans for the next few days of sightseeing. I guess we'll rent. Car! Whyyou gotta be this way? I'm wondering is it's time to start a car fund.
4. We are experiencing lifestyle creep. Now that we both have jobs and feel stable, we keep buying stuff (well, sort of. It's spendy from what we're used to, whatever that means). Each month there seesm to be an off budget, one-off expense. The Dawson City Music Fest, the engagement, outfitting the guest bedroom (which is approved by my sister! book now!), and this month: a 32 inch LCD tv. What! You can imagine this one was driven by R and not myself, but it is nice and should keep us company over the winter. Next big one-off expense: a car? Jeez I hope not.Probably just repairing the thing.
5. Work is good generally, and I'm getting to do some kick butt training soon which is cool. R is still very happy at his work too.
6. The far hills have been dusted with snow for the first time in the season and it's sticking! Now week after week we will watch it get deeper and further down the slope, then make it to our own hills closer-by and then we'll get our own.
7. Awww yeah! I went for coffee and our hills have snow! Apparently a few of the neighbourhoods in town got snow, and a few cars had an inch or so on th roof! hah! Oct. 17th is the ski exchange at Mount Mac (the cross country ski facility built for the winter games a few years ago). We hope to get R set up and get me some poles and then we'll be ready to hit the trails. We also have or snowshoes, thanks to my parents so that's awesome. yeah!
8. It is now dark at night. A few days ago we were driving at 8:30 pm and it was totally dark and we realized it was the first time we've driven in the dark since last season, since it's been so light for so long. weird feeling. Now, it's time to start northern lights watch and think about winter hours at the hot springs (monday is cheap night). Anther thing that happened a while back was on the weather network. You know the screen they flash with daytine weather symbols and night time weather symbols? In the summer our night time symbol was a sun. Now it's a moon
:-) Times are changing.
9. We wish family were closer. Why doesn't everyone move here? Alternately, we can offer excellent guest accommodations with a mattress warmer (don't go another winter without one, OMG) and access to mountians and hills, wildernees, dogsledding, skating, forests and a sort of stunning dog per human ratio. Come visit! It's the best possible value for your aeroplan points in Canada! Seriously.
10. Ten is a good number, too bad for you I'm out of scintillating witticisms. Instead, I'll suggest that a crock pot bison roast is so amazingly delicious and you should give it a try. Time to grow your beards and fatten up for fall!
1. My parents have been in town for a week, but they leave this afternoon which is hard. The only really tough part about being where we are is how far away from family we are. We both miss them right away. I hope they felt liek thay had a full visit.
2. My sister is also in town! She got in last Wednesday evening and leaves this Wednesday morning first thing (ugh) in the morning, so we still have some time. We're gonna check out Miles Canyon and Canyon city and maybe hit up Skagway or some other day trip.
3. Yesterday we took a family road trip to see the mountains in Haines Junction/Kluane. Which was fine until we got there and the car started shaking and the check engine light came on and it felt very very odd. We nervously made it home, around 140 km (for a while between signs announcing we were outside the 911 zone). So that cramps plans for the next few days of sightseeing. I guess we'll rent. Car! Whyyou gotta be this way? I'm wondering is it's time to start a car fund.
4. We are experiencing lifestyle creep. Now that we both have jobs and feel stable, we keep buying stuff (well, sort of. It's spendy from what we're used to, whatever that means). Each month there seesm to be an off budget, one-off expense. The Dawson City Music Fest, the engagement, outfitting the guest bedroom (which is approved by my sister! book now!), and this month: a 32 inch LCD tv. What! You can imagine this one was driven by R and not myself, but it is nice and should keep us company over the winter. Next big one-off expense: a car? Jeez I hope not.Probably just repairing the thing.
5. Work is good generally, and I'm getting to do some kick butt training soon which is cool. R is still very happy at his work too.
6. The far hills have been dusted with snow for the first time in the season and it's sticking! Now week after week we will watch it get deeper and further down the slope, then make it to our own hills closer-by and then we'll get our own.
7. Awww yeah! I went for coffee and our hills have snow! Apparently a few of the neighbourhoods in town got snow, and a few cars had an inch or so on th roof! hah! Oct. 17th is the ski exchange at Mount Mac (the cross country ski facility built for the winter games a few years ago). We hope to get R set up and get me some poles and then we'll be ready to hit the trails. We also have or snowshoes, thanks to my parents so that's awesome. yeah!
8. It is now dark at night. A few days ago we were driving at 8:30 pm and it was totally dark and we realized it was the first time we've driven in the dark since last season, since it's been so light for so long. weird feeling. Now, it's time to start northern lights watch and think about winter hours at the hot springs (monday is cheap night). Anther thing that happened a while back was on the weather network. You know the screen they flash with daytine weather symbols and night time weather symbols? In the summer our night time symbol was a sun. Now it's a moon
:-) Times are changing.
9. We wish family were closer. Why doesn't everyone move here? Alternately, we can offer excellent guest accommodations with a mattress warmer (don't go another winter without one, OMG) and access to mountians and hills, wildernees, dogsledding, skating, forests and a sort of stunning dog per human ratio. Come visit! It's the best possible value for your aeroplan points in Canada! Seriously.
10. Ten is a good number, too bad for you I'm out of scintillating witticisms. Instead, I'll suggest that a crock pot bison roast is so amazingly delicious and you should give it a try. Time to grow your beards and fatten up for fall!
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