Here are the two dogs we watched over for a week while the owners went to Anchorage (looking for a new job)!? Susan and I are happy to stay in Emmonak for another year maybe. Our moving expenses would look better if we stayed another year. Our family is not so sure.
In our world icicles are the attraction of spring, unlike the daffodils of Oklahoma and Arkansas. The sun melts by day and the cold sculpts the artwork, when it begins to freeze again. I watched a movie in which the characters were stabbing each other with these pointed daggers. I know; it was only a movie.
The frozen Yukon is not flat, but has high and low places. The low places are what concerned me as Susan and I walked over it. The lower places were probably two to three feet lower than the highs.
The trees still sport some frost even at 1 pm but was all off by 4 pm. This is the island we always wanted to walk over to see. We crossed about half a mile. The wind was out of the north and cold, not surprising but the sun felt warmer than it has lately!
Here is a shot back toward one of the stores in Emmonak.
Susan and I walked across the frozen Yukon to the island across from Emmonak village. We heard the ice was 4 feet thick, but still did not feel completely safe. We have been informed of too many deaths from thin ice.
These outboard motors are all that is showing of the boats that were left on the shore of the river. My dad always put our outboard motor inside the farm shed to keep the metal from cracking because of low temperatures. Maybe, these Alaska motors are made from metal that will take the sub-zero temperatures. I do know they cost thousands of dollars.
Here are the two dogs we watched over for a week while the owners went to Anchorage (looking for a new job)!? Susan and I are happy to stay in Emmonak for another year maybe. Our moving expenses would look better if we stayed another year. Our family is not so sure.
In our world icicles are the attraction of spring, unlike the daffodils of Oklahoma and Arkansas. The sun melts by day and the cold sculpts the artwork, when it begins to freeze again. I watched a movie in which the characters were stabbing each other with these pointed daggers. I know; it was only a movie.
The frozen Yukon is not flat, but has high and low places. The low places are what concerned me as Susan and I walked over it. The lower places were probably two to three feet lower than the highs.
The trees still sport some frost even at 1 pm but was all off by 4 pm. This is the island we always wanted to walk over to see. We crossed about half a mile. The wind was out of the north and cold, not surprising but the sun felt warmer than it has lately!
Here is a shot back toward one of the stores in Emmonak.
Susan and I walked across the frozen Yukon to the island across from Emmonak village. We heard the ice was 4 feet thick, but still did not feel completely safe. We have been informed of too many deaths from thin ice. 
These outboard motors are all that is showing of the boats that were left on the shore of the river. My dad always put our outboard motor inside the farm shed to keep the metal from cracking because of low temperatures. Maybe, these Alaska motors are made from metal that will take the sub-zero temperatures. I do know they cost thousands of dollars.
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Those photos are great. I can't believe they leave those boats outside all winter. Seems a bit daft.
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