Weekly Photo Challenge: Foreign
As a terrestrial being, the marine environment is something that is inherently foreign to me. The ocean has always intrigued me. There have been countless times when I have found […]
Monthly Archives: October 2012
Quadra Island: A Secret Santuary
Every time a British Columbian license plate came into view through our cracked windshield, we smirked. It reads, British Columbia: The Best Place on Earth. How conceited. How assuming. How….true? The […]
Squashed in Squamish
We awoke this morning with light hearts and high hopes in Marble Canyon Campground and marveled at Turquoise lake in the morning light. After days of driving through snow and […]
Yukon and Yonder
We left Anchorage without looking back, blasted some reggae tunes and hit the open road. About 40 miles outside of Anchorage, the view outside the window became jaw-dropping. Winding rivers […]
Anchored in Anchorage
Hurry up and wait has been the theme of today. We’ve been anchored in Anchorage for a bit longer than expected waiting to have our lopsided vehicle aligned. We decided […]
Chasing Fall
We have begun to chase fall into winter on our journey down the AlCan. As we drive first to the northeast and then turn south, autumn is still in motion. […]
So long Seward
Goodbye Seward. Hello open road. Today my boyfriend, Shawn, and I crammed our short-seasoned Alaskan lives into the white 1993 Subaru Legacy, we affectionately named “Haole Girl.” (My Hawaii people […]
a l o h a ALASKA
For the past 3 years I’ve worked as a seasonal ecologist, working in the wilderness of Washington, California, Ecuador, Hawaii and most recently Alaska. I’ve learned what it means to […]
