Follow me, Miss B, our two cats (Dora and Boog, aka. The Misfit Crew) on our crazy epic adventures aboard the SV Haven, a 38' Kadey-Krogen.
Yesterday (Wednesday), we awoke to what would be a day of rain and snow mixed, with 30 mph winds, unfit for flying to where we needed to go. So, we waited. When we woke up this morning, there was a light drizzle and poor visibility. It wasn't looking good for today either. We had our… Continue reading Caribou Hunt – Day 1
I picked up my brother Kevin at the Fairbanks airport Tuesday evening at 11:45pm. The original plan was to check in to a motel and head north early in the morning. However, we both agreed that we were too excited to sleep, so after a stop at Walmart for needed supplies, our journey into the… Continue reading Dalton Highway
Back at the Denali Outdoor Center again - people are starting to recognize me... and it feels good
Got up and drove around Valdez for a little bit before departing. Then drove to Blueberry Lake and scooped up some water out of the lake and made coffee with it. Then drove to Paxson, made a hard left, and continued on for a couple of hours. I knew I was going to be staying… Continue reading Staying Over on the Denali Highway
The last (beautiful) day here in Valdez. I thought about hanging around a little longer, but looking at the forecast, it's going to rain starting tomorrow for about the next 4 days. That ain't no fun. Unless I set up the wall tent so I have a space to cook and chill. But, I had… Continue reading Valdez – Last Day
Ah. The rain has finally stopped! Got up early and went down to the pier and made some coffee. I think it was about 45 degrees. Seems like the nights have definitely been getting cooler. Perhaps that coincides with the longer nights now too. Today I caught a salmon in the stream with my bare… Continue reading For the Love of Cooking
Kinda hard to cook in the rain. Kinda hard to do anything in the rain, really. I drove over to the Allison point area on the other side ofValdez bay and came across salmon trying to swim up into a drainage pipe. Crazy stuff. The salmon are everywhere now! Then I noticed a bunch of… Continue reading Mussel Chowder
I remember checking the time around 3:06am and thinking yeah! Only about 45 minutes to go. Then I laid there for what seemed like forever and checked the time again and it was 3:16am. Hehehe. I must have finally dozed off though because the alarm woke me. Then I continued to lay there and dozed… Continue reading Waterfall Happy Place
Alarm went off at 4:30. It took about 20 minutes before I rousted myself and started driving to the port area. It was kinda drizzling, but when I got to the port, it seemed like it was stopped enough that I was able to get out and fire up the stove. I made myself some… Continue reading Ferry Ride to Cordova, Via Whittier
Woke up around 5:30am. Sleeping in the truck isn't really the best way to get a good nights sleep. I headed to the port of Valdez and set the stove up on a picnic table overlooking the harbor like I had done the last time I was here. It's a nice peaceful way to start… Continue reading Switzerland, The Valdez of Europe
