I’m writing today from the marine vessel Aurora of the Alaska Marine Highway System. We’re currently cruising about 15 knots somewhere between Cordova and Whittier on the blue-green waters of the Prince William Sound. I wanted to chime in today on how wickedly cool the marine highway system is, and simply just to travel from […]
Travel Stories the Guide Book Won't Tell You
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The Alaska Highway by Volkswagen Bus – Part 3
In case you just got here: Part 1 and Part 2 Whitehorse. I sing your song loud and I’ll sing it again. When you’ve been weeks driving and sitting along side the Alaska Highway sometimes you just need the comfort of a smiling face in the middle of nowhere. Whitehorse is a town that knows what […]
Hitchhiking at -26, Alaska
Haha, good idea right. I’m a fan of hitchhiking in general. It’s a good, cheap way to get around and lends you to many an interesting experience that you might not otherwise be privy to. This post is destined to be about hitchhiking to Fairbanks from Nenana, Alaska on one very cold day, but I’m […]
Driving to Alaska – 10 Things to Think About
This article is more for the adventurous ones that are thinking of throwing caution to wind and heading for Alaska than for those with a well padded bank account or two weeks vacation time. This is for those with an idea in mind, but maybe the details are still a little fuzzy. Okay, really, it’s […]
The Yukon Quest is Under Way!
As most of you know I had the pleasure of living with Pierre Heritier, the Swiss musher as he trained for the Yukon Quest 2010. This race is generally considered to be the world’s most difficult race and the supreme adventure through some of North America’s most difficult country. As it were, the race commenced […]
Digging Razor Clams in the Prince William Sound
So here’s a funny story without much content. You know how is when you get some hair-brained scheme in your head and ignore absolutely every piece of advise and research that could possibly squash your hopes and dreams, so it was with the clams. A little online research, of course, indicated that clamming season was […]
Cordova, Alaska
Also check out my photos from Cordova. Even though I haven’t been able to determine whether the small town of Cordova, Alaska really wants to have its song sung or not, I’d thought I’d chime in anyway as I’ve had quite a few firsts here. Just yesterday I was sitting at the kitchen table over […]
Introducing the Photo Gallery
Greeting good folks. I’ve been testing different photo gallery software so that I can bring you a more photograph intensive representation of my experiences. You will now find a Photo Gallery drop down menu in the upper left hand corner of all pages and from there navigate to photos as you wish. All photo sets […]
Sled Dog Alaska, Goldstream Kennel (now Alaska Outback Adventures) Review
The sled dog world from a distance seems like one of romance and grandeur. I will not even begin to protest that I was, and still to a certain extent am, seduced by the lure of the sport and the lifestyle, but there are many things that must also be taken into consideration when entertaining […]
Sled Dog Alaska, No More
My apologies for the lack of updates, but I was quite ill over the couse of the Thanksgiving holiday on top of being strapped with the farm to myself while the Huttens (Huettens) were on vacation. The long and the short of it is that the Huttens have returned and Goldstream Kennel I am no […]