My Alaska Life
In some places April is the time to start planting a garden but not here! It’ll be awhile before all this snow melts!
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In some places April is the time to start planting a garden but not here! It’ll be awhile before all this snow melts!
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We also collect rainwater in the Spring, Summer and the Fall. If we needed, we could boil it and use it for drinking but mostly we collect it as a back-up to the spring water for things like washing and bathing. Jeff went ahead and put out barrels last week but at night it’s still getting below freezing and the water in the barrels froze. We won’t be able to use it until it gets above freezing long enough to melt the water again.
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We have a dry cabin so we have to bring in water for drinking, cooking, cleaning and bathing. The best water around is from a natural spring across the river. Here we are at the spring getting a few buckets full. Most winters we have been able to walk right up to the spring but the snow and ice really piled up around it this year making it very hard to get to, but Jeff has managed to make a path.
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View of Sleeping Lady after the latest snowfall. Such an awesome winter scene, but it won’t be long before all this snow will turn to water.
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We’ve been checking the burbot lines every day and have gotten 13 so far. This 27 incher was the biggest yet!
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Burbot is so good fried up…breakfast, lunch or dinner!
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Jeff pulled up the line and caught two burbot in our fishing hole!
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Jeff drilled a hole in the ice so we can get a few burbot before the river melts. It’s beautiful clear water underneath. I cleaned the slush out of the hole and we put a pole in. Crossing our fingers that some burbot swim by and are hungry.
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Jeff and I are back on the river frozen river heading to the cabin. Spring is fast approaching in Alaska. The river will break-up in the next month or so and we’ll be back to boating.