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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  • Ramblings

    My season on the rails ended at the end of September. The move back to Denver was uneventful. With the exception of needing to get rid of many of my clothes to make room for the souvenirs I had purchased. Alaska has some fabulous socks and I felt the need to have them all. To Read more

  • 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

  • Alaskan Husky – Sled Dog Visit

    We had a furlough day on June 13. This meant we were in Healy, not home in Anchorage. We’d have the day off to do what we wanted. Most of the excursions were booked out already or we didn’t have the proper attire for them. So we went to the sled dog kennels and the Read more