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!

trains

  • Tuesday Motor Coach

    I have to remember to delineate between bus and motor coach. We take a motor coach. The difference between the two being that the motor coach has a bathroom onboard. That I will never use. I arrive at the rail yard for the 9:45am motor coach. Derek is off today so I am heading up Read more

  • 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

  • Morning to Whittier

    It’s 5:06am. I have been awake since 3:15am. As I board the bus, the driver is playing Ozzy Osborne. I’m not a fan of Ozzy’s music. Especially at this hour. I think about our orientation at the beginning of the year. How it was mentioned over and over again to BE ON TIME for the Read more