Off the Rails in Alaska

Join me on a journey through my adventurous summer in Alaska – where work meets wilderness and every day is a wild ride!

  • Sixteen Hour Day

    We get through the tunnel heading to Whittier and as we exit the tunnel, it’s dreary and raining. Not surprisingly. The passengers start to load. People always comment about the spiral staircase. They don’t realize they’ll be climbing stairs. This is some thing I don’t understand since it says in the advertising that’s it’s a… Read more

  • Rambling

    Our train got in last night at 6:30pm. After cleaning and stocking the train, we got home at 8:15pm. We had to be to the bus at 4:45am this morning to ride to Whittier. (Whittier is the small port town I call “The Shining” because of the remote location and almost everyone living in one… Read more

  • Tundra Wilderness Tour

    We had a furlough day in Healy on July 31. We took advantage of this and went on the Tundra Wilderness Tour. The Tundra Wilderness Tour is an old school bus updated with better seats and tires that takes you into Denali National Park and Preserve to see animals and scenery. It’s a narrated tour,… Read more