Our first winter in remote Alaska has been truly spectacular...beautiful and crazy even beyond our wildest dreams. We are “cheechakos” (newbies to Alaska, a term born from the Gold Rush days) so, we have been in a state of "wonderment" for the past four months... -I "wonder" how much more wood we are going to … Continue reading Avalanches & The Gunakedeit: The Wonders of Living in Alaska

  I am an optimist. In normal, everyday living that can be a good thing. But, in wild Alaska, optimism can get you into trouble.  As our weather turned colder, we watched in awe as the entire lake in front of our cabin froze. The first time we ventured out to walk on top of … Continue reading Winter Adventures

Time and time again, I'm amazed by the constant changes around us. As we gear up around the property for what we know as the craziest winter either one of us have ever lived through, we are faced with continuing weather changes. We got our 1st 12 inches of snow within 24 hours this year, … Continue reading Only in AK

first bit of snow starting to come down fall sunsets     bro visit   pulling in salmon(breeding Coho) hot tub time!!!     showing Eddie how to stay warm     Bro with Cutty                        

We chose to move to a remote cabin in a small town in Alaska because we wanted to escape the rat race. And, we love life in our little place on the lake, but the small town we live in has its challenges. It’s a town that's driven by tourism and the schedule of the … Continue reading Gossip, Extreme Sports & Devil’s Club: Life in a Small Town

The past few weeks have been spent preparing for winter---a winter that two people who grew up in the south have no idea about. We have spent many days "downing" trees and cutting wood, and our wood storage area is almost completely full. Nate's grandpa says cutting wood warms you twice: once when you cut … Continue reading Getting Ready

Things have been feeling more and more at home every week. This is a especially true when people finally start to show up in Alaska! After an amazing visit with Jen's sister, we were blessed with our next guest. One of my best friend's parents were coming to the next closet town to us (Skagway, … Continue reading Road Trip!!

They say that visitors are like fish---they start to stink if they hang around for more than three days. I guess that might be true of some guests, but for me, hosting my sister for the past month at our guest cabin, I would describe her more like a flower than a fish. Her time … Continue reading Sisters

So now we are to the point that going to town is a drag. Unfortunately this means blog posts will probably start being posted every couple of weeks versus every week. This just means that we will have more to write about. The past couple of weeks have been very eventful. The Southeast Alaska state … Continue reading The Help, Muskeg, and Monsters