I’m not sure how early I started mentally counting down to the end of various things. I distinctly remember doing so toward the end of my senior college, eag...

Alaska fascinates people. It wasn’t just a preference for colder weather that led me to try and get an assignment up there, after all. And even though my w...

Most writers know – or soon learn – of the importance of using social networks to build their audiences and even get writing work. There are active communiti...

Ketchikan calls itself Alaska’s First City – doubtless because it’s the first Alaskan city northbound travelers come to on the Inside Passage. But for us, i...

On my previous two trips through the waters of southeast Alaska, the skies were overcast. It had still been scenic, with wispy low clouds weaving in and out ...

Uncivilized arrival and departure times were more common than we’d have liked. We guessed it was because of the tides or currents. Otherwise, it made no sens...

M/V Kennicott got underway just before noon on Sunday. A low overcast obscured the higher elevations of the land surrounding us as we eased into the western ...

The trip home began in mid-May and took almost two weeks. The movers had come and gone. I'd hired a maid service and carpet cleaner to get the apartment sq...

No, that’s not a typo. It’s a pun. But it's not my pun, mind you. It's a trade name, so it's the manufacturer's. So don't groan at me. I’ve got myself a new ...

Last week, the snowsports world - and, for that matter, the outdoors film-making world - lost a legend when Warren Miller passed away at age 93. He wasn’t ju...

One of the things I’m asked when people find out I’ve been living in Alaska for a while is how much fishing and hunting I get to do. The truth is, so far not...

For this last weekend’s adventure, I took my trusty warhorse to Valdez, Alaska. We discovered the waterfront town the previous year, when we were staying in ...