Jake & Susan's Yukon River Trip

Forging a destined dream of paddling 460 miles of the Yukon River, my husband Jake and I constructed the Sundowner with old pontoons and mostly used lumber as a testimony of our devotion to pursue this rugged adventure. In 2011, fate finally sent us venturing north over 3,000 miles into Canada’s Yukon Territory where the Sundowner enabled us to navigate the river, fish, pan for gold, photograph magnificent landscapes & wildlife, write, and play in The Land of the Midnight Sun.

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Monday, May 30, 2011

Hanging the Doors

Once again, our neighbor Carl lent a hand with prepping our boat.  The doors are hung; now we just need to paint!

 
Jake & Neighbor Carl Hanging the Doors


 









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