Yukon and Springtime

After a long time ... I am still in the Yukon, got temporary work permission for the next 2 years ( and to answer a question ... I am working as Manager still in the Café and have to work there until I will get Permanent Residence. The application for that is in Berlin and how long it will take ... we will see! ).

Springtime is coming closer and closer and I built a roof for Bellas kennel outside ... she likes to lay on top of her dog house and observe every movement around her!


May be you can see her ... like a Queen!


Finally it is warm enought to get the laundry dry outside ... but for sure ... three minutes after I took this picture, it started raining!!!!


After I got my temporary work permission, I was busy getting a legal Yukoner ...
this is the official driver license!


Also my car got a new license plate ...


... but it is still dirty like a real Yukon car.


I totally forgot how the busch looks like without snow. It is like a old new world is showing up under the snow and suddenly everything looks so wild and rough again.


There is still some ice on the shore of the Yukon river or ice blocks swimming in it ...


... and I had the luck to catch one with a stick!


And the landscape is still very fascinating and I love it to explore the region here.

And what else?

Beside my work I try to learn more about Cranio Sacral Therapy and once in a while I give a session to friends.
With George I went to Skagway, USA .... but we had really bad luck. The weather was bad and we were excately in the snowing clouds ... no view, we could hardly see the street and finally we saw the Ocean ...
It was very funny because the temperatures were absolutely different ( warmer ), no snow and the air very humid .... and Bella saw the first time the Ocean. She was very interested in the sea gulls - but the sea lions were to fare away for her.
And on my day off ( I have Sunday and Monday off now ) I try to do something nice ... the last time it was just a perfect day on the Yukon River with a spectacular view.

We had some day with warm temperatures so that the snow started melting ... what is not so nice. The top of the snow is frozen in the morning and very icy.
Than we got new snow and I am pretty sure that the temperatures will drop again ( today it was -22°C in the morning ) ... it is just March and springtime won't be here until mid April!

San Francisco

I went for a training in Cranio Sacral Therapy to Berkeley and on my day off, I had the chance to visit SAN FRANCISCO ..... yeah!


Arriving at San Francisco .... no rain and I could see the Golden Gate Bridge from the plane.


Really old style but still great working ....


... and here you can see the typical streets from San Francisco ...


... and the towers from the big city.


Absolute tourist area .... Fisherman's Wharf ...


... with a view towards the famous prison Alcatraz.


I didn't go for a visit ... don't understand why I should visit a prison.


Instead I had fried Calamares and had to protect them against the seagulls!


I visited the Aquarium ( Sydney is better ) and outside I found those sea lions on a pier.


They were taking a sun bath and had little fights going on ... very noisy and interesting.


A gate to nowhere?


Entrance to China town.


Golden Gate Bridge by night.

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas to everyone and a great start into 2008!!!!

Winter time is coming 2

Another little view into the Yukon at winter time ...


... the walks into the bush are so beautiful now ...


... especially with such great sun light!


And at the entrance of Whitehorse the Yukon River is still a little bit open!


Bella is really enjoying the snow ... big fun for her!

Now I am 35 years old ...

... so I had a little "party" in my cabin ...


... I got this great birthday cake ...


... from Julia ...


... and my neighbours Yvonne and Harry had the honour to light the candles ( really 35 candles ).


Martin, my landlord, was also there and ...


Maria and Werner Walcher too!

Winter time is coming

Slowly the winter is coming ... we have already since a while little snow ... and now the temperatures dropped down until -30° C which is still warm for this time of the year ( last year they had -40° C).


So the Yukon River starts to get frozen what is quite amazing for me!


Another view on the Yukon River!


And when I walk Bella now, we both get frozen hairs in our face!

Zolas Café

Here you can see where I'm working and with whom ....


The Café from the outside on the left side of the picture.


Katya ... the manager from the Café.


Sandy ... second manager.


Skye and I, we work most shifts together.


Shannon after work ... she tried to clean her handbag ... oh my god ... there were so many things inside ;-)


Ryan and Gloria making fun.


Yeah, and me as barista behind the coffee bar!

My new home in Whitehorse - part two

I just add a few more pics so that everyone can see that i'm not living in the middle of nowhere ...


... view out of my big windows. In summer time it is the barbecue area.


Caused by the fact that i got a fridge, i changed the position of my sofa.


Bella and her moose bone which she got from the neighbours ... i'm happy that she didn't get the whole leg ;-)


The big building on the left is the main house where my bathroom is. Behind my dirty car is the office of the campground which is now closed.


On the right is my cabin, in the middle a little shop for wood work and on the left a kennel ... but Bella doesn't like too much to be in there.


She prefers to stay close to me, in her bed beside my bed.

Fire fighter

I visited my friend Werner Walcher at the fire fighters from Mount Lorne ...


A training ...


... how to use a fire extinguisher ...


... successful?


Werner meant that i would fit perfectly in the truck!


And they will get a new truck in spring ... which is even more impressive!