by ronmitchelladventure | Jun 6, 2015 | Alaska, North America, United States
Load that pick-up with supplies, because prices for everything in Alaska run high. Speaking of “high,” a retail marijuana shop is open for business right outside of our motel in Bellingham, Washington not far from the ferry terminal. Workers quickly point out that...
by ronmitchelladventure | Oct 16, 2012 | Alaska, North America, United States
Mare, Jack the dog, and I reflect upon our second consecutive summer of volunteering as campground hosts at Chilkat State Park in Haines, Alaska. Over 4,000 visitors from around the world visit the host’s cabin deck each summer. They marvel at glacier and wildlife...
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 22, 2011 | Alaska, North America, United States
The humming tone in my ears disappears. You know, that “white noise” from olfactory bombardment of electronic devices and big city traffic. In our remote cabin, the music of wind, waterfalls and birdcalls replaces that buzz between my ears. I sleep to...
