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!

  • Return to Work!

    The Riley fire was 100% contained as of July 15. The park had reopened as of July 10 with the exception of a couple of hiking trails. It was a delight to be heading up the mountain again with a train full of guests! We had our first trek up (since the fire) on July… Read more

  • We worked a modified shift on Saturday, July 6. This was due to the Riley Fire in the park. Let me explain this before telling you about the actual trip. We were scheduled to bus up on Friday , July 5 and bring passengers to the Port of Whittier. This is always a good run… Read more

  • Not as I Planned

    I started to title this post, “Off the Rails”. But then it sounds like the train derailed. It did not. Our work schedule did. Monday as we left Denali headed south to Anchorage, a fire (unrelated to the train but rather suspected to be human caused) started on a slope past the village in Denali.… Read more