Our beautiful homestead featuring 2 fully-furnished homes on 6 acres is for sale. See home website at http://www.myalaskagetaway.com

Coming into our 4th freeze up and winter this year, we felt as though we were finally on top of this Alaska winter thing. We were a hundred times more prepared than the first winter and more prepared than the year prior to this one. This seems to be the norm out here. As time … Continue reading Shacky Whacky

So 2018 has been an eventful year that has just flown by. I realized I haven't taken the time to sit back and write a little so I guess I have a lot of catching up to do. It will be 2019 by the time you read this and we are stuck in the cabin … Continue reading 2018

I met Ralph two years ago. I didn’t pay much attention to him when my friends pointed him out to me. I could’ve cared less. A year later, these same friends asked me if I wanted to adopt Ralph. Winter was coming, and they didn’t want to feed and care for him through the cold … Continue reading Crazy Old Ralph

As Jen and I settle into our Alaska lifesytle, we are reminded constantly of the obstacles we have to cross in order to live free. I always dreamed of living off the Alaska land, hunting and fishing for a subsistence way of life. However, we are finding out that we lived a more subsistence lifestyle … Continue reading BoBo the Bear!!

When you live in a remote locale, getting hurt could be a life or death affair. We are at least 2 hours from our small-town health clinic, and the nearest trauma hospital is in Seattle, which would require a helicopter transport after the somewhat challenging 2-hour journey to town.  Nate and I constantly talk about … Continue reading A “Close Call”

I moved to Alaska to live an outdoor, adventurous kind of life. Before coming here, I was pretty active--- running, hiking, biking, and lifting weights. I liked to challenge myself physically in all of these ways, so I was excited about the prospect of living in Alaska and pushing my physical limits every day. In reality, … Continue reading Cabin Fever

Going into our 3rd year in Alaska, I feel as though I'm in a constant boxing match with mother nature. I've never been in a place where you have to constantly fight against weather, animals, and the forest! I have never lived in a place where the woods actually fight back----where if you go for … Continue reading The Eye of the Tiger

We have been stuck back here only about 5 weeks now and I'm already backpacking out to Bear Beach to uncover a canoe and head to civilization. The weather has been extremely cold(-3/-6 and highs 5 or 6 degrees).I know that a true northern Alaskan would laugh at me labeling -3 as extreme, especially when … Continue reading Town Trippin’ …in an Instant

As the temperatures steadily drop, and snow begins to appear on the tops of the mountains, a gentle panic sets in. Nate and I both begin to recount a checklist of everything that needs to be done before the harsh winter weather hits us, turning our little slice of heaven into a frozen, unforgiving tundra … Continue reading Going Home