Out and About with the Huskies

[finn's mom]

Looks like a great day! Look at those puddles, like small ponds! Finn would love that! i'm sorry to hear that you haven't found water, yet, that's nuts!

[Chilli]

Such gorgeous dogs as always! I really love seeing them.
I'm sorry to hear you all haven't hit water yet, hopefully you'll find some soon!

[Pembroke_Corgi]

Looks like a fun, wet walk! I can't believe it's still only very very early spring there...how long does summer last? I think you'd really have to enjoy the cold to live in such a harsh climate- certainly your dogs are suited for it, they look kind of hot in those pictures! Sorry if you have said it a million times already and I just missed it, but have you lived way up north your whole life?

[luvofallhorses]

It looks like they had fun swimming! I love Daisy.

[Lori Jordan]

Looks like they had a blast

[lute]

nice walkies!

[zippy-kat]

I'm always so eager to open your threads! I just love your pictures and furkids!

[Glacier]

Looks like a fun, wet walk! I can't believe it's still only very very early spring there...how long does summer last? I think you'd really have to enjoy the cold to live in such a harsh climate- certainly your dogs are suited for it, they look kind of hot in those pictures! Sorry if you have said it a million times already and I just missed it, but have you lived way up north your whole life?

Depends on how you define summer! The days are very long already. The longest day of the year is about six weeks away. It's after midnight now before it's dark. Bright sun again a couple hours later. It's still below freezing most nights right now. That should stop soon. Our first fall frost will likely hit in late August. We get about 80 frost free days a year. According to the official gov't site our average temp in July is 14C (57F). It does occasionally get up into the high 20'sC, even the low 30's (86F). Generally if it's that warm, the forest fires are out of control and it's hard to enjoy the warmth through the smoke!

We've lived up here for a little over 7 years now, but I grew up on the Prairies. The winters are fairly similar except for the darkness here. Summers there were much hotter.

The dogs were a little toasty today. Most of them are still in full winter coats. Only Muskwa has blown his coat so far.


Oh, and 190 feet, still nothing!!!

[Pembroke_Corgi]

Depends on how you define summer! The days are very long already. The longest day of the year is about six weeks away. It's after midnight now before it's dark. Bright sun again a couple hours later. It's still below freezing most nights right now. That should stop soon. Our first fall frost will likely hit in late August. We get about 80 frost free days a year. According to the official gov't site our average temp in July is 14C (57F). It does occasionally get up into the high 20'sC, even the low 30's (86F). Generally if it's that warm, the forest fires are out of control and it's hard to enjoy the warmth through the smoke!

We've lived up here for a little over 7 years now, but I grew up on the Prairies. The winters are fairly similar except for the darkness here. Summers there were much hotter.

The dogs were a little toasty today. Most of them are still in full winter coats. Only Muskwa has blown his coat so far.


Oh, and 190 feet, still nothing!!!

Fifty seven degrees...wow. Do you like the cold? I lived in St. Petersburg, Russia for a summer and I loved their white nights...it's fun to be able to go get coffee and sit outside at 11 pm and not be tired! I tend to be controlled by the amount of sun there is, if it's dark, I get tired, when it's light out, I wake up, so that would be nice in the summer but awful in the winter months!

Are there many people up there? I thought I remembered hearing somewhere that 80% of Canada's population lives within 200 miles or so of the US border (because it's further south and less cold!).

Sorry to hear about the drilling- I hope you find something pretty soon.

[AdoreMyDogs]

I love opening your threads, the pics are always such a delight. I love your dogs and the scenery of your home surroundings!

[Glacier]

Fifty seven degrees...wow. Do you like the cold? I lived in St. Petersburg, Russia for a summer and I loved their white nights...it's fun to be able to go get coffee and sit outside at 11 pm and not be tired! I tend to be controlled by the amount of sun there is, if it's dark, I get tired, when it's light out, I wake up, so that would be nice in the summer but awful in the winter months!

Are there many people up there? I thought I remembered hearing somewhere that 80% of Canada's population lives within 200 miles or so of the US border (because it's further south and less cold!).

Sorry to hear about the drilling- I hope you find something pretty soon.

I love the cold. I love winter in general as my allergies disappear with the snow! The dogs are also much happier in the cold temps. The dark was hard to get used to. I have a daylight therapy lamp that I use every day in the winter months. It helps alot.

There are about 30, 000 people in the Yukon, the vast majority of them live in Whitehorse. It's a highly transient population. Lots of people come up for the summers and leave; I know lots of people who moved up here intending to stay, made one winter and left as soon as they could. Most people either love it or hate it here immediately and never change their opinion!

[Ginger's Mom]

I love your pictures, and your stories. And I really do love the Chase and Goldy love affair. Daisy really is cute, and she just seems to have such a personality, the way she just comes over and makes herself so at home with you and your crew.

So tell me, if you hadn't gotten so involved with the dogs and mushing, etc., do you think you would have liked it as much up there? What made you move up there to begin with (Stuart, right?). If this is too personal obviously you don't have to answer. Just being nosey. Oh, and good luck with the water, I really am sending out good thoughts for you on that.