Out and About..

 Went out this morning on the Ski Doo to check out the gully and this is what it looked like...

The bridge that someone put in last year is down on one side as the gully widened and filled with overflow ice.

Downstream, the gully continues to erode as the thermo-karst worsens (Shear Blading and Thermokarst 5/11/21). It's hard to believe that this was a flat field of stunted black spruce (tundra/taiga) before DNR cleared it. The creek used to flow in a small natural channel just to the east of here. It's on its way to be a mini grand canyon in a few more years!

But the dog driving continues, even as we avoid the gully crossing.

Climbing the ridge as we head home, Earl gets his time in lead...

Where were you five years ago...

Just read in the news that it was five years ago today when our president, the great denier, declared a covid emergency.  So I looked back at the blog on that date and it's talking about the weather during the month. We had a lot of snow, almost a foot, and some cold, it hit -42 earlier. But nothing about covid. So maybe it wasn't such a big deal back then. I remember we went into town and got the vaccine shots at the community center. It was big production, where you had to sign up in advance and then show up early, check in and wait in the parking lot before you were admitted at your time slot. Then lots of tables set up for medical stations, everyone got checked over before getting a shot. Quite professional. Now we get our covid and flu shots together at the local Freddys. No big deal, almost inconceivable now.

The weather's been great lately, almost perfect for dog drivin' and just bein' outdoors.

Headin' out into the valley, clear and cold, just like March should be.

Up the hill onto the ridge on the other side of the valley.

Headin' back up our ridge and then over the top for home. This is the weather we wait for all winter, to run dogs and enjoy the times that only spring can bring.