OK, I admit it, I hate living in Alaska. I go insane with cabin fever during the almost seven month winters; I despise the cloudy, windy, rainy summers (I live near Anchorage) and being a... Read more >>

In a state whose capital city has no road access and is accessible only by boat or plane, visitors soon learn that part of the fun of an Alaska vacation is getting from one place to the next.... Read more >>

I have a dream lover. Actually he is a lot more than that. We do a lot of things in my dreams. We travel to distant lands. We visit relatives. We get engaged and marry. I have been able to confirm a... Read more >>

To dress Sarah Palin and the Palinettes for campaign stops, the Republican party has spent over $150,000. Records show that in September, $49,425.74 went to Saks Fifth Avenue with $75,062.63 going to... Read more >>

When was the last time you left a theater wishing you could sit up all night with the filmmaker and discuss the movie you had just seen? It happened to me recently after a matinee of Into the Wild,... Read more >>

Springtime in Alaska is a welcome season especially after the nine months of the cold, dark, long winters here. We are up to thirteen plus hours of daylight and are gaining an average of seven... Read more >>

After becoming an RN, my dream was to one day be a travel nurse and work an assignment in Alaska. ”I want to experience Alaska and take a dog sled to work,” I told my... Read more >>

As a child growing up in the mid-western United States, family vacation was always a big deal for me. I loved the bi-annual road trips to visit family in the south, and the ten day round-trip... Read more >>

I recently moved across the country. I wanted my daughter and I to be closer to nature and I felt stagnant where I was. I traveled halfway across America in a Ford Focus with my daughter and my dog. I... Read more >>

We fell asleep at 3 a.m. but not before staring out at the calm glass lake as the sun fell behind the mountain’s backdrop. It was warm in the loft so we all slept on top of our sheets,... Read more >>