Nate mowed the entire front of our property...it took an entire day! We hauled in stones from the riverbed to make one of the walkways from our cabin to the guest cabin.   Nate tilling the ground next to the path for his garden. Inside, seeds are popping!

Nate and I cutting down a dead tree close to our cabin. It was my first time truly wielding a chain saw!  Nate is quite the lumberjack. This tree should keep us nice and warm this winter.

We are settling into life on Chilkat Lake. While we are still unpacking and organizing, we have already begun life's regular routines. While we have traded our careers for life in the outdoors, it's far from retirement living. We work harder, but with little stress. I don't miss traffic, although getting anywhere by boat brings … Continue reading Life on Chilkat Lake

Late one afternoon, we were working around the property and I heard the dogs barking back in the woods. Since we moved in, the dogs have enjoyed chasing ground squirrels and other rodents, but they have never been deep in the woods barking incessantly. I called out to Nate and asked him if he was hearing … Continue reading Face-to-Face with a BIG Moose!

Getting all of the contents from the Uhaul to our cabin was difficult and time consuming. We had the wonderful help of a friend, Demetrius, who flew in from Austin to help us, and he was our saving grace. For seven days, we all worked around the clock. Each load had to be "masterminded". Each … Continue reading The BIG haul-in!

I feel as though I need to contribute to the blog postings just so everyone can see my point of view as well...I'll start off with the 7-day drive from Austin TX to Haines AK. I would like to thank google maps and Siri for their wealth of knowledge on American and Canadian backroads....with their help, … Continue reading Nate’s Take: Trials and Tribulations

Arriving in Haines was bittersweet. We were thrilled to be done with the long drive, but oblivious to the challenge that lay ahead of us. Our first objective was to park the Uhaul, load our boat with just necessities (which turned out to be lots of stuff), and drive out to our cabin on Chilkat … Continue reading A Bittersweet Homecoming

  The weather varied throughout the 7-day trip. Day one in Texas, we drove away from 85 degrees, scorching sun and high humidity. Nebraska and the Dakotas were cold and rainy for the most part, around 45 degrees. When we first entered Canada they were experiencing a heat wave at 87 degrees. Dawson creek was … Continue reading The Last Day on the Road

Day six was surreal. Leaving Dawson Creek we entered the "Alaska Highway". This Highway is 1,500 miles of road built during WWII to connect the US with Canada. It begins at Dawson Creek, British Columbia and ends at Delta Junction, Alaska. It is nicknamed "the road to the last frontier". The section from British Columbia … Continue reading The road to the “Last Frontier”