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When I first arrived in Anchorage, AK, it was the end of April. Mounds of snow were still visible around town. The mountains still covered. We even had a couple of days of snow in May. Winter keeping its hold on Alaska despite the spring calendar. The first trip up to Denali, the rivers and… Read more
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The days continue to run together. The shifts are long but pass quickly. When a day off comes around, I’m often too tired to do anything productive. The common cold has been passed around the train kids and I’ve caught this. It has lingered for a couple weeks. My shifts are anywhere from 10-16 hours.… Read more
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One of my favorite moments of being up here in Alaska is being able to place visuals to one of my favorite books. “Into the Wild”, by Jon Krakauer, is the story of Chris McCandless leaving society and hiking various parts of the US. The place he most wanted to go was Alaska. And he… Read more
