Good times and nice wolf!

Great looking wolf, Brian!

You can see the colour of the pelt a lot better here. Grandson really wants the skull so I'll clean that up for him too.

There's a live one in the yard!!

That's a cool looking wolf!

Cabin is looking great Brian. Beautiful wolf, hide still looking full too. Thanks for sharing your adventures.

Always a pleasure folks.

Check out the cliff three wolves decided to come down. Must have seen a moose from a look out on the cliff.




Doesn't this drive you crazy when it happens?




We had quite a few hares this winter but I did notice a lot of them got picked off over the winter. Looks like they're staring to turn colour

Well spring is starting to show itself. We were pushing hard to get as much work done on the upriver cabin as possible before we lost all the snow and ice.




I'm pretty pleased as I got one of my ideas implemented in the cabin. My windows were high so I decided to build a raised platform for my kitchen table. Now I have an awesome view of several peaks while sitting at the table. I also have two single beds on rollers that slide underneath the raised platform, frees up lots of room.








The wife and I are heading out tomorrow for a while as I'm going to strap the roof of one of my lodge cabins and put a metal roof on it

Love all the windows,

nothing like natural light!


I've just returned from another work bee. I had my wife drive my camp quad out as I had it at home all winter to push snow. I should have know better as she drives too fast. She had a front tire break through the crust and send her for a spin.




She got lucky as the toboggan she was hauling did a flip and clipped the side of her head as it landed. It could have been a disaster.

There's lots of humidity in the air and the valley's are full of mist in the mornings.





I thought these moose looked cool in the morning light. A good mother as both calves survived the winter. But April can be the toughest month for ungulates.

I was on a mission to get one of my cabin roofs redone





The old roof is looking pretty rough



After 5 hours of work




One side done by end of day two




This is how I left the job today. I'm pretty pleased with my progress and should have it done with one more days labor

Ten years ago I had a troop of boyscouts stay at the lodge. they swapped me one days labor for a three day stay. I had them dig me a fair sized hole into a bank for the purpose of making an ice house. I never did build the ice house but before I left today I decided to dump a load of ice in the hole.




I hauled about 1000 pounds in under an hour.

I just covered the ice in plywood until I get back. I'll put together some super insulated wall / roof panels and box the ice in and see how long I can get it to last. I've had ice houses before where I had multi year ice stored inside. free refrigeration.

Great pics Brian. Gotta love the spring sun for getting some work done around the cabins. Glad the wife didn't get hurt in her crash. I've always thought about an ice house at the cabin. Never got around to digging the hole but I don't spend much time out there in the summer anyway. That is one beautiful dog you have there. Have a great summer and I'll continue to stay tuned if you do as well. Like to see more with your boat too, very interested in one. Stay safe brother.

Glad your wife didn't get hurt. Nice pics as usual. Cabin roof came out good. Nice job. You and AKHowler have a great playground to enjoy. Very envious of both of you. Thanks for sharing.

we were lucky she didn't get injured for sure.


I'm not going anywhere and the bush is still big part of my life all year round. I've got a few adventures planned already, many with the jet boat, JR. I'm heading up into Mackenzie Mountains with my buddy in early July. Always good to have two boats up in that country. I'm also going on a horse back trek into mountains in early august. Plus the usual action out at the Lodge.

As for spring I'll be waiting for the sharp-tails to start their mating rituals again and I'm taking some grand kids to look for a snake hibernation site along the smoky river. Always something to do

Wow, I'd go on most any adventure with ya Brian but I get a bit sissified when I get around snakes and spiders. I have to opt out of that one. Looks like a 5 gallon can of gasoline and a flare could solve that problem mighty quick though. Funny how someone can be strong enough or dumb enough (depending on how ya look at it) to hunt bears with a stick and string but will run over a woman or child to get away from a spider. That is me.... Have fun.

Now thats funny. haha. Oh man Brian those snake photos take me back to some college memories in Montana. Found a few rattlers outside the den. Not my favorite quest.
Two incidents stand out in my mind.
1. Walking on some shale slabs near a den when a rattle started to shake under it. Oh my. Funny how moments stick with a guy.
2. Ran into my brother out on the roads in the spring. It was near a site where we harvested asparagus numerous times before. So when he approached me quickly with a cardboard box with reports of all the asparagus he had found while handing me off a cardboard box all tied up I didn't really suspect anything out of the ordinary at the moment.
He happened to shake it pretty good about the time he placed it in my hands.
Shake rattle and roll. Talk about a sick feeling you get when you realize your holding a box of rattling rattlers you didn't want!!!!!!
Take care out there. Glad your wife is okay. Your living the dream!

What kind of snakes are they Brian? Is there poisonous snakes in Canada, or Alaska?

Brian I would also pass on the snake thingy, however very kewl for those who like them. I also have a snake phobia. Rattlesnakes here in the Okanagan are my worse fear working on wildfires, more so than the fire itself for sure. My other phobia is heights, I'm fine long as I have one foot on the ground.