18 April 2007 ,

Keno Hill

Well the week of intermittent snow seems to have passed with a couple of relatively warm sunny days and a lot of water starting to run on the slopes. The ground will still be frozen so it just pretty much spreads out. It was still -6 degrees this morning but it is shirt ang light jacket outside in the sun during the day, even though there is still a lot of snow around. Drove up the hill to check the conditions for drilling - glad not to be a driller!

The pussy willows are starting to pop
Theres big white snoeshoe bunnies hopping about in the snow
The first birds have emerged or returned from wherever thay might have gone.
And i hear reports of mooses wandering about.

I've been spending my days poring through piles of old geology and mine maps trying to decide on what is the most upto date version (they are from 1960's to 1980's) in order to find useful stuff - to get it scanned - to digitise it into new maps - and to try and make some sense of it - in order to find the new mine - that may or may not be out there.

It is getting dark about 11pm and light at 5.30am so portent for the long days to come! Might have to buy a curtain for my room soon.

Catch you later