by ronmitchelladventure | Jun 12, 2012 | Alaska, North America, United States
Mare and I luxuriate in lounge chairs on the Solarium deck of the Alaska Ferry, Columbia, for the next 3 days. People pitch tents with duct tape on the cement deck in front of us. Jack is captive inside the truck cab down below on the noisy car deck. He has not gone...
by ronmitchelladventure | Sep 26, 2011 | Alaska, North America, United States
We load the pick-up, put shutters back up on the cabin windows, and take the Alaska State Parks staff out for an appreciation lunch. The plan to stay in Whitehorse, Yukon while our truck gets an oil change and tire rotation takes a twist. After the...
by ronmitchelladventure | Sep 8, 2011 | Alaska, North America, United States
The second road from Nome heads toward the town of Council. It parallels the Bering Sea’s coastline for miles. Rough waves splash sprinkles of water over the sea wall onto our windshield. Our hearts pound fast when the four-wheel drive Dodge slides on the...
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 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,...
