Category: Alaska
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First Hikes & New Terrain
“How many feelings can one heart hold?…Infinite, Luna thought. The way the universe is infinite. It is light and dark and endless motion; it is space and time, and space within space, and time within time. And she knew: there is no limit to what the heart can carry.” Kelly Barnhill, The Girl Who Drank…
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Welcome to Alaska
We did it. It took us awhile, but we finally made it to our new home in Alaska. It took two months, seven days, one rescheduled flight, over 3,000 miles of driving, three audio books, some tiptoeing through closed borders, and 14 days of quarantine, but we are home. What a wonderful feeling it is.…
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The Promise of Time
April 15th, 2014 We set out on a new chapter in our lives six years ago today. Wes joined the United States Air Force and left for Lackland, AFB and Basic Training on the 14th, and started his six-year contract on tax day. It was emotional. It was challenging knowing that we wouldn’t be able…
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Last Frontier: The Reflection
Ready for a New Adventure Working in the education system and being in the military has brought out a certain sense of sarcastic cynicism in my normally optimistic worldview, but a few things this trip has taught me are: Just about everyone we met from our research acquaintances, our neighbors at Raven, the guides and…
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Last Frontier: The Adventure
Did That Really Just Happen? Alaska Adventure: April 30th – May 8th You know that excited feeling right before you set off on a big trip? I do. It’s mostly why neither myself nor my partner-in-crime went to bed before our 5:00am flight out of Boise, ID. We slept pretty much all day Sunday, and…
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Last Frontier: Pre-Trip Prep
Prepping for an Adventure Like all great adventures, this one started out as an idea. Between washing dishes, helping cook dinner for customers, and setting up camp, we were telling stories about fishing. Then, during dinner, we were listening to stories about Alaska. Alaska is known for its wilderness and its fishing. These two things…
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