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 […]
Travel Stories the Guide Book Won't Tell You
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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 […]
Jobs in Alaska
So, you’re headed to Alaska to seek out your fortune, or just get a summer job and explore an absolutely amazing part of the country. Good for you, and good timing, spring is just around the corner and there are a plethora of employment opportunities on the horizon. I thought I’d take a moment and […]
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 […]
Fishing in Alaska
Greeting folks, summer in Alaska is just around the corner! Moreover, fishing season is just around the corner. I say that while I’m watching it snow at just shy of two degrees, but nevermind that; let’s talk summer fishing. With some 1,500 views in the last thirty days, a third of which are from Alaska, […]
Fairbanks, Climate and Daylight
Punxsutawney Phil was right, six more weeks of winter. But I imagine Phil has no groundhog concept of Alaska. I think they should bring him to Fairbanks one year. I’ve got my money on the “immortal” groundhog freezing to death inside of five minutes in that pseudo stump of his. How do you say #@$!@#@ […]
Ice Alaska, The World Ice Art Championships
The World Ice Art Championships at Ice Alaska is probably the single coolest thing that I’ve seen in Fairbanks this winter. Ice sculpting underwent a renaissance in interior Alaska in 1988 when organizers decided to revive the spirit of the 1930’s winter carnivals by flying in ice sculptors in from around the world for an […]