I was recently a guest on the Limitless Living podcast hosted by Emily Bee Lee. Regular readers of this blog know that I spent 14 summers working seasonal jobs in the tourism industry in Alaska and used that money and time off to travel the […]
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Bubble Net Feeding is Awesome, Or I Got Covered in Whale Snot
During my 13 summers in Alaska, I have had my mind blown over and over again. From the otherworldly northern lights to the stunning fall colors of Denali to the towering glaciers of the southeast, I thought maybe I’d seen it all. Then, at the end of the tourist season this fall, […]

My Top 10 Photos from the Summer that Wasn’t
For most Americans, summertime is all about backyard barbeques, baseball games on hot evenings, lazy afternoons at the swimming pool and a vacation roadtrip to the mountains or beach. My summers in isolated Glacier Bay National Park have always been a little bit different, since […]

Trading Alaska for Bangkok
Where are you from? At the risk of sounding pretentious, this has been a rather complicated question lately.

Northern Lights over Glacier Bay, or The Best Aurora Show I’ve Seen in 12 Years
I was about to go to bed when a co-worker started pounding on my door while screaming my name. When you live on-site and work at a hotel, having someone frantically pound on your door at night is never a good thing. I assumed the lodge was […]

My Top 10 Photos of the Summer (From Alaska)
I have been on a blogging hiatus this summer, mainly because I haven’t had much internet access out here in the wilds of Alaska. During this summer of Trump, that hasn’t been a bad thing. With readily available internet, I’d have spent an unhealthy amount of […]

Slightly Ridiculous FAQs About Alaska
Whoever said “there is no such a thing as a stupid question” may need to think again.

50 Photos from 2015
2015 was an interesting year of travel for me. Although I traveled extensively, I spent most of the time going back to places I’d been in the past, getting to see them more in-depth or in a different way.

49 Reasons I Love Alaska, Part III
This is part III of 49 reasons I love Alaska, the 49th state. If you aren’t exhausted after reading the first 32 reasons, thank you for your loyalty.

49 Reasons I Love Alaska, Part II
Alaska, the 49th state, has been my adopted home the last eleven years.