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!

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  • Let’s Tour!

    Today was our second day off. I was feeling better from the incidental gluten ingestion, so we opted to go to some tourist spots. First up was the Iditarod Headquarters Museum. It’s located in Wasilla, which is about 31 miles from Anchorage. We were a week early to see any dogs. But we did enjoy Read more

  • First of all, I’m going to declare a victory over the mouse. Perhaps preemptively. I haven’t seen it in three days nor have we caught it. So I’m going to assume it left willingly. Fingers crossed! Training today was the last one. It’s Sunday and we’ve been going for six days now. Today we practiced Read more

  • Be Serious, Please

    Another day, still no dead mouse. At least I haven’t seen it in two days. I am hopeful it moved on. We arrive at the rail yard at 8am today and we practice being passengers in the dining room. We get to order and eat breakfast. I have Celiac. Though I was diagnosed over 20 Read more