by ronmitchelladventure | Aug 2, 2011 | Alaska, North America, United States
I cast into the Chilkoot River. My lure tumbles downstream. I reel it in. Cast again. On and on, until I happen to look behind. Eight feet away, mama grizzly walks with her two cubs trailing along the shore…towards me. I almost do in my pants that thing that...
by ronmitchelladventure | Jul 26, 2011 | Alaska, North America, United States
Epilobium angustifolium…not a “Three Stooges” quote, but a complex name for a simple plant – Fireweed. The edible leaves of this wildflower rejuvenate rapidly after a fire. Flowers bloom from the bottom and signify the end of summer when they...
by ronmitchelladventure | Jul 18, 2011 | British Columbia, Canada, North America
Young boys gather around a picnic table. Two large plastic bottles of Vodka on the tabletop hold their gaze…until they spot Mare and Jack and I backing-up the pickup truck about three feet away from their tent. A sign with an arrow pointing south reads,...
by ronmitchelladventure | Jul 12, 2011 | Alaska, North America, United States
Alaska Jack jumps into the back of Ranger Preston’s pick-up truck. Preston dresses in full gear. Mare, Shannon, Jenny and her dog Quark, join Jack and I in the back. Jordan stands off to the side. Preston turns on the sirens and police lights. We’re...
by ronmitchelladventure | Jul 3, 2011 | Alaska, North America, United States
Bill and Sandy from Alabama stomp on our deck at seven o’clock in the morning. Sandy places French-pressed coffee on the picnic table, as they prepare to bring us breakfast. (I thought that it was the beer talking last night). Soon, Mare and I sit in their...
by ronmitchelladventure | Jun 24, 2011 | Alaska, North America, United States
We open our gym on the deck this morning…Alaska style, using rocks for dumbbells and parking lot bumpers for heavier resistance. While we jump rope, squat and shadow box, we hope that we get no visitors. Jenn, our Ranger friend, loans us her kayak. We pull it...
