Yukon River Poetry

Mon, 18 Jan 2010 15:14:28 -0900

like a river our lives flow ever changing twisting, turning finding the path that once was or has never been our path space and time eagle diving, grasping prey - away flowing water time swirls and we are who we are now past golden grizzly mountains and frozen mammoths of time beneath silt polished log and glacier blue ice Sheefish embraced in a confluence murky clear water mix ever changing river in my heart - I keep you hidden river as I travel far and wide in my dreams - I see you wide,

Jan 2010 - Yukon River Lodge Update

Fri, 15 Jan 2010 17:43:02 -0900

Glowing ghostly green, the Northern Lights fade in and out above our mountains to the north of the lodge as I make my way to the outhouse. It is early and temperatures are hovering around -52 up on the hill above the river. The air is crisp, every sound clear and sharp, like the stars in their glittering panorama overhead. I’m happy to have this part of my morning routine started and over before exposed skin starts to feel the effects of -52. Grabbing a few sticks of firewood from the firewood p

Weather at the lodge-Ruby 14 NE

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:27:26 -0900

Burrr...it’s cold out there! -43.3 at 8:30 this morning and -44 for a low a few hours before that as recorded by our National Weather Service official thermometer installed this summer. Since installation, Sam has religiously been tracking our temperatures and precipitation at the lodge. To view our temperature data, go to the following link: http://www.nws.noaa.gov/climate/index.php?wfo=pafg From there, click on “Regional Summary (RTP) under “Product” and then on the GO button in yellow. A sepa

July heat, mosquitoes and summer update

Mon, 13 Apr 2009 17:53:08 -0800

The smell of summer by the Yukon River - wild, green, earthy with a hint of rose, spruce, raspberry and wormwood. I drop my bags beside the boat landing in Ruby, say goodbye to the agent, do a quick check for my bug spray and headnet (even though a nice breeze and an act of God seemed to keep the mosquitoes away), and stop, at last, to look at the river-free flowing, meandering by. A Peregrine Falcon soars off to my left heading up for nesting grounds on rock cliffs below the Ruby cemetery, swal

Ready for the Iditarod Start and Snow Keeps Falling on the Yukon River

Thu, 5 Mar 2009 10:07:28 -0900

Winds roared on the Yukon River last night with the arrival of yet another blizzard here and looks like it’ll keep snowing, at least for a little while longer. This year’s Iditarod Trail Invitational (the longest winter ultra race across frozen Alaska) is taking place right now and is worth keeping an eye on as trail breakers try to make it over Rainy Pass today. With “huge amounts of snow and no base or trail” trail breaking, skiing, biking and mushing over the Pass and then on toward Nome will