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...
by ronmitchelladventure | Jun 18, 2011 | Alaska, North America, United States
One cruise ship visits Haines each Wednesday. Cruise crowds roam the downtown shops and a few folks make the excursion to our cabin for glacier views. An elderly German man barges into our cabin and interrupts a discussion we’re having with some new friends,...
by ronmitchelladventure | Jun 13, 2011 | Alaska, North America, United States
“Whack weeds and mow grass,” Ranger Preston says. “Don’t worry about cutting the wildflowers. They grow back in hoards, trust me.” Hmm…trust? Mare and Jack and I are three weeks into our four-month committment. Tempus fugit all over...
by ronmitchelladventure | Jun 8, 2011 | Alaska, North America, United States
Today is our day off…”Off from what?” While walking our rounds in the campgrounds, Jack catches a small mouse that hops across the gravel road. I pull the mouse from Jack’s mouth, and toss it into the bush. The bush happens to surround a young...
by ronmitchelladventure | Jun 2, 2011 | Alaska, North America, United States
This title belongs to Norm Smith, a local man who came to our cabin recently with a woman visiting from Portland. It was his favorite saying when in high school. Now he transforms the words on a bumper sticker, which has sold since the early 70’s. He and his...
