Winter arrived a week ago with light snow and colder temps. Temps are now dipping below zero with days around 20 degrees F. Fall was beautiful but short. The dogs are loving the cold and are starting to train on the ice and snow down along the river and in the slough. Tours are being booked in our remote Covid-19 free section of the world.
With the temperatures of September being 5 to 15 degrees warmer than normal the sudden shift to cold is chilly but welcome. Ice is starting to run in the river. Our main boat had to come out early because of lower unit problems and we had a snow machine in town that needed to be brought down after a late repair. Some friends had fun with that delivery.
The year has been an odd one for us because of the pandemic and then a double whammy of a crashed fish run that meant we were unable to fish chums for some of our dog food. We like to mix their diets between fish and dog food. Fingers are crossed for a good return on chums next season as no one is sure of the reason. Did the young fry not survive their trip out into the Bering Sea? Did they just not have enough weight on them to return this year and might show up as 5 year old next season? That is the hope that I have, so we will have to wait and see. In the meantime the dogs are ready to hits the trails, carrying us and those who want to experience a different world, one removed from the stresses that abound out there. Life here is quiet, beautiful and peaceful.