Well, it is now December, the solstice has come and gone and we are now gaining seconds of sunlight rather than losing minutes of daylight.  we now have about 3 hours and 45 minutes of sunlight which means that the sun rises around 11 am and goes down about 2:45.  however, the dawn is quite [...]

David and I spent the greater part of September and part of October looking for a job.  This meant that every morning we would get up and try to ‘share” the computer as we did our job search work.  Many resumes and many letters of inquiry liberally mixed with walks in the woods and trips [...]

On September 23 and 24 the sun was shining, the trees were glowing gold and the daytime weather hovered around 40.  It has been so lovely that we decided to make a stab at tent camping this weekend (September 27-28)  Off we went with our final destinationb eing the Chena Hot Springs where we planned [...]

David and I cannot believe that we have been here almost three weeks.  Our trip across country feels like it happened to two other people.  It is weird.  I still am surprised sometimes when I realize we are actually in Alaska.  The sense of un-reality is strengthened by the normal and abnormal things we have been [...]

On our way to Homer we stopped in Anchorage for a few days to see why it is characterized as so “not-Alaska” and then to go to the Alaska State Fair in Palmer which we had been hearing so much about from Dylan.  This is the fair that showcases the GIANT vegetables; cabbages as big [...]

Mile 0 Dawson Creek is the official start of the Alaska Highway and the official beginning of our end.  I was lucky enough to find a thrift store in Dawson Creek and was able to buy a bread machine which I have been wanting ever since we stayed at the sheep farm and Dave feed [...]

We camped at Whistlers Campground in Jasper National Park.  This is a larger and more primitive park than Banff and the town, which is in the park, is smaller than Banff townsite as well.  Thus, the signage isn’t so good. Our first full day we took a hike to the Valley of the Five Lakes.  [...]

The road to Jasper is called the Icefield Parkway and we had no idea what we were getting into.  Glacier National Park is named for Glaciers, right? But we didn’t see any of aby size.  Here all we saw were snow covered peaks, icefields and glacier after glacier.  Again, our rain luck held out, and [...]

Every few minutes as we drove to Banff National park David and I said, “Wow!  This is really stupendous.  Look over there.  That is even more stupendous.”  Of course, we were talking about the Canadian Rockies.  Even the cows that crossed in front of us on the road had horns that seemed stupendous.  Sometimes we [...]

Our first day we went into Cochrane Alberta, Canada, a lovely little tourist town, where we tried and tried to use the internet without much luck.  We were successful, however, in renting our new house in Alaska, 3477 Buffalo Lane, Fairbanks, AK  99710.  Don’t send any mail and don’t make plans to visit yet.  We [...]