It’s crazy to see the difference a year can make in your own life. I love looking through old pictures, but at the same time, it sometimes makes me sad. Today, through the lens of bittersweetness, I’m going to show you where our journey began. One year ago, we merely…
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Back when we were still in Palmer and we knew our days there were numbered, we decided we would do a little goodbye-exploring. On this particular mission, it was very cold outside — about 15 degrees or so with a wind chill factor of -800. By Alaska standards, that’s “normal”;…
4 CommentsCaptain’s Log, supplemental: (Yep I just used a Star Trek reference.) It was Thursday, January 15th around 11:45am. We were driving through Canada in the middle of nowhere on the AlCan with no cell phone signal. We would see one or maybe two cars an hour pass, going the opposite…
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Captain’s Log, Stardate 43987.1. WE DIDN’T DIE! We made it to Juneau. Safe and sound. Well ok, in all fairness, I’m pretty sure someone put a big dent in the side of our pickup truck on the Alaska Marine Highway (ferry terminal) but that’s beside the point here. In my…
Leave a Comment“We can leave Dixie [the dog] in the truck overnight.” I said. “She’ll be fine!” I said. Then I looked up the temperature. We cannot leave her in the truck. Because she will most certainly be a Dixiecicle come dawn. Planning a winter move in Alaska is no simple task. …
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