Too Cold for Al’s in Alaska

Its been a cold winter in Alaska. I may still be a cheechako because to me -30 out in the dog yard is might cold on the ole’ fingers. In Anchorage they are saying that it has been the coldest January on record. So cold that they are not letting the kids out to play […]

The Gypsy Musher Podcast: Geronimo

Click on the picture to listen to The Gypsy Musher podcast: Geronimo

MapMyDOGWALK

The team that has brought the popular MapMyFITNESS apps has gone to the dogs. Today they announced a brand new app, MapMyDOGWALK. It is an application for your iPhone that tracks your dog walks and outdoor adventures effortlessly and keeps you motivated to hit the road or the trails everyday. I have been a daily […]

I’m a 1%er!

I’m a 1%er! No, not an outlaw biker gang member that uses the moniker to distinguish themselves as the bad of the bad. Actually I am a 1%er in the eyes of the State of Alaska. In 2010, Alaska’s population grew by 1.7%. Of Alaska’s 29 boroughs and census areas, 24 grew between the 2010 […]

Y (not Why), Alaska

I have said a few times in my blog, that they do things different in Alaska. Not only is just about everything bigger (and better) up here in the Great White North but there are also some things that are quite peculiar too. Take the town, village, hamlet or what ever you want to call […]

Trails, trails and more trails!

I was a (wannabe) musher for a long time. My first time on the back of the sled was way back in the early 1990’s. I even moved a few times searching for snow–don’t we all? I lived in Minnesota where it is sometimes very cold and the winters can be brutal but often there […]

Snow…

Yes it is true, we have had a snowy winter in Willow, Alaska. Not quite as much as the folks in Valdez and Cordova to the southeast of us on Prince William Sound. But we have had our fair share for sure. Today, Tyler and I ventured out on the snow machine in -22 degrees […]

Icicles have been known to kill people!

Today was a holiday. At least for people that have “real jobs”. Here in Alaska we worked around the Fort. We stacked a cord of wood. We checked the propane tank in waist deep snow and even fixed a clogged vacuum.   In the middle of it all Michele managed to dang near slice off […]

Snow at the Fort

If one thing can describe this winter in Willow, Alaska it would have to be snow! Even some of the old sourdoughs here in the Great White North say that this is unusual. I love it of course but I don’t know about my back…

NaBloPoMo: Earliest Memory

I am participating in NaBloPoMo this month sponsored by the site, BlogHer.com. Today’s prompt is what is your earliest memory? I have two of them actually and they both are about my dad. It was 1977 or so and we were living in Huntington, West Virginia. I was about to enter school and my mom […]