I’ve been digging around the Internet and the library for a few days now pursuing my own interest in the great ships of Alaska’s history. The information is startlingly scattered so I have set about creating an account of the boats that have been a part of Alaska’s discovery, boom, gold rush, fishing industry, tourist […]
Little Birds of the Copper River Delta
I’ve never fancied myself much of a bird watcher, but you can hardly help it here. Cordova, Alaska and the Copper River Delta are known for their bird watching amongst so many other things. After a while you just want to know them. I’ve decided to keep a chronicle of my encounters with the little […]
Hitchhiking Around the World – An Interview with Jeremy Marie
I posted briefly last month about My Favorite Hitchhiker. I picked Jeremy, the good Frenchman, up outside of Wasilla, Alaska last fall standing on the side of the road with a backpack and a sign that simply read “World Tour.” It’s a little more than six months later and Jeremy and I have been corresponding […]
State of the Volkswagen Bus – Spring 2010
I get considerably more email inquiring as to the state of the bus and/or the happiness of the dog than I do of my own well being. Go figure. If you‘ve kept up with my Alaska Highway by Volkswagen Bus series or Sled Dog Alaska, Getting There you’ll know that the old girl limped into […]
Alaska Marine Highway in Photographs
This is now my third trip between Whittier and Cordova Alaska aboard the marine vessel Aurora of the Alaska Marine Highway system. This time I was fortunate enough to get some great photographs from dock to dock that you can see below. In my original post The Alaska Marine Highway System – MV Aurora I […]
Nenana Ice Classic
The deadline for the 2010 Nenana Ice Classic is just around the corner. The last day to purchase tickets is April 5th. I’ll be grabbing a couple myself. Official ice measurements this past Thursday ( 25 March 2010) were more than 50 inches thick, which is a mark reached only six times in the last […]
Alaska Vocabulary
Here are twenty new terms that you will invariably have to learn to keep from sounding like an outsider in Alaska. Alaska Vocabulary: Cabin: Realistically this could mean anything from a proper log cabin to a plywood shack in the woods Wet Cabin: A cabin log or otherwise with running water (Uncommon in the Fairbanks […]
Visiting Into the Wild’s Magic Bus
We made the hike to visit Into the Wild’s magic bus on Stampede trail outside of Healy, Alaska this weekend. The jury is out and the famed bus from the popular book by John Krakauer and movie by Sean Penn (Into the Wild) is still the subject of considerable controversy. Christopher McCandless himself has become […]
Into the Wild – Follow my search for the magic bus live!
Update: The full story is up < includes finding Into the Wild’s Magic bus Update: 21 March 2010 10:30 PM Alaska Time Mission Accomplished, but no, really this time. The Magic Bus from Into the Wild has been located. My legs are so tired I can barely imagine to stand on them and my feet […]
My Favorite Hitchhiker
I was cruising out of Wasilla, Alaska, home of the now, for some reason, infamous Sarah Palin on the Volkswagen bus’ last leg when I spy about the side of the road a fellow branding a sign that read simply “World Tour.” Well, how could you not pick him up, seriously? I was asked as […]