Travelling back to Yellowknife.

Well, I'm back up in Yellowknife for a brief visit.. drove to Edmonton via Winnipeg and then flew up to YK on thursday.  It's been a very nice trip so far.  I spent a few days in Winnipeg visiting my seester and Russel - and got together with some of my dear wonderful old friends.. Bud and Dorth.. and Linda and her daughter Andrea.  We went out for brunch one morning and it was just so good to see old friends and "shoot the shit" so to speak..

It's been very cold up here in Yellowknife but today was beautiful and clear so I thought I'd go for a drive and take a few pics.  It is a bit of a home coming for me as I spent 25 years in this city and got to know a lot of people here.  Chris made the comment today that I've been gone for 5 years and still know many more people than he does.  I did see a lot of old friends at the Black Night Pub as well as the Co-op when we went shopping today.

The Noodle House was Julie's first experience with traditional - and I must say Very Good - Vietnamese cooking... We enjoyed many meals here.

Photos above are down town YK and  the other one is the Bowling Green building where we had a lovely apartment.

Photos above are taken on the Dettah ice road... also a few of the house boats in the bay.

Can't visit the north without encountering the odd raven... One of our favorite birds.

And above is the Black Knight Bar which was half a block from our apartment and very .... uhhhh .. handy..

Nice to be back here.. time is zooming by..

Life is Good.

A bit of this and that...

Must admit I have been lax about updating this blog.. simply said, It's been kinda quiet around here.

With the cold weather, we haven't been doing too much.. other than a trip to Milwaukee to visit Julie's new twin grand kids.. and that was wonderful to say the least.. lovely babies.. loving parents... best word to describe it is... "nice".

Isaac and Jasmine... special little kiddos...


Other than that, I've been curling 2 nites a week along with a 1 on 1 league... It's been going fine and lots of fun.. I do enjoy my curling... tomorrow we will play some 1 on 1 games and maybe hang around the club and watch some football (Super Bowl)...

Next week, I'm off to Canada.. will hang out a few days in MB, then drive up to Edmonton and flying up to Yellowknife from there for a week.

After that, a few days in Edmonton visiting Jesse and Nikki and then .. perhaps.. a flight over to Courtenay to visit my girls..

Here's a couple of pics taken lately... one is a COLD shot of the lake yesterday morning.. and a sign that I thought was kinda funny... remodelling the local Burger King takes on a new meaning for the word remodel which in Minnesota, means knock the sucker down and rebuild from scratch..

Anyways.. to those that occasionally drop by to read these updates... I'll do better... in spite of being quiet..

Life is Good.