While Alaska is a popular dream destination in the summer, it gets little respect in the winter. The fear of frigid temperatures, lack of light, and heavy snow scare off most people. However, that’s the exact reason why I thought Fairbanks would be the perfect place to go for an Alaska winter adventure – I […]
I looked around the Two Rivers post office wondering what it was like to live in such a small community in Alaska. In this tiny little ‘rest stop’ along the Chena Hot Spring Road, the post office and the general store were attached to each other and seemed to be the hot spot of the […]
I see the big yellow engine against the scenic winter backdrop pulling into the flagstop. The whistle blows and immediately I can feel my excitement build. The steel wheels are frosted over and look bitter cold as they creak and roll past me on the track. It sort of felt like a winter scene out […]
Until I went to Fairbanks Alaska I thought the Northern Lights were all just hype. No – I haven’t joined a Flat Earth Society or decided Global Warming is a hoax, I just didn’t know if I fully believed in the Northern Lights. I had good reason to doubt them. Often the Aurora Isn’t What […]
Someone recently asked me how I write about travel in a unique way to have a chance of getting seen with all of the travel articles out there; how do I stand out? My answer is, “I see where everyone is going and then turn and go the other way and cover that.” I understand […]
Most of the people I meet around the world have one thing in common, they all want to live a simpler life. And it seems like Americans, more than any other culture, are bombarded and held hostage every day by stuff and complications. Every hour of our days is accounted for and we are normally […]
Alaska is home to 8 National Parks, and 4 of the 8 are among the top 10 least visited. This may be why Alaska is one of my ‘top places to visit in the world’, I love to find remote places few people visit! Alaska is a vast wilderness, and most people only see a […]
It’s a weird feeling being in a locomotive and suddenly trying to bring the train to a stop; I actually do know this feeling. I’ve been in the engineer seat before while cars illegally passed through the downed crossbucks as I continuously and simultaneously blew the horn and pulled the brakes. It’s just physics, trains […]
The train car heaves as if it’s protesting the idea of altering its forward trajectory. The gentle rocking and click-clack of the rails give way to a noisy steel-on-steel screech. The train comes to a clunky stop in the middle of nowhere surrounded by miles of unending forest and wilderness. Normally this isn’t a good […]
“The goal tonight is to get to the right places at the right times and come away learning something new,” Jody said as I squinted into the glaring sun and out across the expanse of mud flats called the Turnagain Arm in Anchorage. The one thing that everyone packs on a trip to Alaska is […]
