Summer solstice is my favorite day of the year here in Fairbanks, Alaska. Twenty-two beautiful hours of sunlight grace Interior Alaska and the city is alive with excitement celebrating. From the Midnight Sun Festival downtown to the annual Midnight Sun baseball game that runs until 1 or 2 am to the Midnight Sun Run the…
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Travel Tuesday: The Drive To & From Valdez
Keeping it short tonight as most of my seldom blog posts have been the past few weeks. Preparing to pick up and move your life is not always sunshine and butterflies as I had so naively hoped when we got our first duty station. It is stress and making mistakes while planning and spending money you wish…
Travel Tuesday: Valdez, Alaska – Kayaking Trip
Every majestic mountain and picturesque view was a bittersweet reminder of our time in Alaska drawing to an end.
Travel *Tuesday*: Chena Hot Springs Resort
(Are we all pretending it’s Tuesday due to my lateness? Great, thanks!) The past few weeks we’ve came to a serious realization that our time in Alaska has an expiration date. Whispers of potential new duty stations at his work, and the end of the year looming means 2015 is almost here. 2015: the year…
Travel Tuesday: Mt. Healy
I was not what one would call “outdoorsy” before I met my husband. I detest camping, bugs are gross, and nature was always more of a hassle than an escape. And then my husband (boyfriend at the time) took me hiking in Sierra Vista, Arizona in 2012. I saw nature from a new point of…