Biting Cold
With the country–and the world–locked down with the emergence of the COVID-19 virus, I caught myself thinking back to simpler times earlier this year. It was just a few months …
Category: Alaska
“How’d You Get Involved in THAT?”
I’m back in Alaska after heading up from Virginia yesterday. I came here to volunteer at the Yukon Quest dogsled race, which is an unusual hobby for a Virginia kid, …
Alaska / Cabins / International / USA / Yukon
Time Travel
My buddy Rick and I just got back to Virginia after spending a week touring the Yukon by dog team. Friends of ours, Wayne and Scarlett Hall, run a dogsledding …
Alaska / Cabins / Food and Drink / USA
Magical Place, Magical Pace
After attending a great wedding in Homer and then visiting Tutka Bay Yurt, we closed out our recent Alaska trip with a stay at Water’s Edge Cabin–a fabulous property near …
Alaska / Cabins / Food and Drink / USA
An Odyssey In Homer
Souzz and I were just at a wedding in Homer, Alaska, a few hundred miles south of Anchorage. Traveling to Homer from Virginia is a bit of an odyssey—9 hours …
Alaska / Food and Drink / USA
Twice Baked Alaska
A few months back, we blogged about making a dessert called Baked Alyeska. We were inspired by a feature in the Alaska Dispatch by Suzanna Caldwell. She wrote a great …
Alaska / Food and Drink / USA
Mixing Work and Play
I’m on a work trip in Alaska at a camp for military kids that starts in a few days, but I came north a little early just for fun. Right …
Alaska / Food and Drink / USA
Burning Dessert
A few years back, Souzz and I made flaming Baked Alaska on a packrafting trip in West Virginia with our good friend Sara. The trip was Sara’s Bon Voyage before …
Alaska / Food and Drink / USA
Where There’s Smoke, There’s Fish
As with all things around outdoor cooking, there are several different ways–and even a few different reasons–to smoke fish. And the number of techniques and recipes is simply overwhelming, sort …
Alaska / Food and Drink / USA
Weighing In
We just wrapped up a double-dip in Alaska: a sea kayaking adventure in Glacier Bay followed by a week-long float of the Kobuk River in the Arctic. Both trips created …