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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  • Unexpected

    Well. This adventure came to a screeching halt yesterday when I learned that my youngest daughter had passed away. I won’t be having adventures for a long while. I didn’t want to leave anyone hanging. My daughter is my youngest daughter. She loved to write. Often from a place of pain, as poetry often is. Read more

  • Whittier

    When we pick passengers up in Whittier, we take a motor coach to the Girdwood train station, board the train, and the conductor and engineer back the train through the tunnel and into Whittier. On Sunday, we were the caboose. It was fun to watch the conductor guide the engineer through the tunnel, as he Read more

  • Rest

    I have three days off. Derek is working. He is currently southbound to Whittier. The first month takes awhile to get us on the same schedules. Derek handles this better than me lol. We planned to work together and it is hard for me to pivot. Which is interesting given that my life has been Read more