I’m gonna guess one of the last things someone would associate with Alaska would be golf. I mean, with average high temps in the 60s and four months (sometimes less) of summer, it’s not really the calling card of the state. So it’s not surprising the biggest U.S. state has the fewest golf courses (8,…
Besides the river breakup, Alaska’s springtime arrives with a leap and a shout in many other ways. Obviously the first thing we noticed was the return of the sun. It was around mid February when the sun started to hit our street from over the mountains, which felt like a miracle. We could not believe…
At the beginning of April, we had close to 2 feet of snow, some fresh. By mid-April, winter had conceded her reign. But before I get into this installment of Arctic Adventures, let me define the word “breakup.” Because before we visited Alaska, that term had a whole other meaning. (And I’m “breaking up” this…
Currently living/working in: Well, we’re still in limbo job-wise, hanging in Healy and literally cannot conceptualize where we’ll be and what we’ll be doing beyond May. We’ve done lots of coloring outside the lines to piece together a livelihood over the years, and it’s worked well to juggle 10 “jobs” at a time as a…