I’m on a tour of Southeast Alaska by state ferry, drinking local beers, eating halibut, taking absurd quantities of photos. More to come when I get home.
Archive for the ‘Photos’ Category
Sitka. Swoon.
Posted in Photos, tagged Alaska, Sitka on January 20, 2012 | 3 Comments »
Out of the Bush
Posted in Photos, Updates, tagged Yukon on September 23, 2011 | 5 Comments »
I’m home safe in Whitehorse after spending a month deep in the central Yukon wilderness. Lots more news and updates to come soon, meantime here’s a photo (taken from the helicopter) of the area where we were working.
Utah Rocks (Get It?)
Posted in Photos, tagged Bryce Canyon, National Parks, Utah on July 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Down the Coast
Posted in Photos, Updates, tagged California, Nehalem Bay State Park, Olympic National Park, Oregon, Redwood National Park, Road Trips, Washington on July 14, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Since my last update I’ve traveled from Seattle to the Olympic Peninsula and along the Oregon and California coasts. It’s mostly been a national/state parks camping trip, with urban breaks in San Francisco and Los Angeles, my southernmost stop. I’m in Las Vegas now, looking forward to a loop through southern Utah before I head [...]
Bad News / Good News
Posted in Photos, Updates, tagged British Columbia, Oxford American Summit, Road Trips, TBEX, Vancouver on June 10, 2011 | 6 Comments »
Bad news first: My participation in the AOL/Ford road trip project fell apart at the last minute. It’s a complicated story, but essentially there was an issue with work visas, immigration regulations, and my being Canadian. So the show goes on without me. The good news is, since I had already packed up my things [...]
The View from my Writer’s Retreat
Posted in Photos, Updates, tagged Atlin, Writer's Retreat, Writing on March 29, 2011 | 4 Comments »
My escape to a cabin just south of Atlin last week was a huge success. I read on the deck in the sun (in my sleeping bag – it’s not quite warm enough for sunbathing yet) by day, and wrote at night; I finished Jonathan Raban’s excellent Passage to Juneau and got a functional 4000-word [...]
Alaskan Beer, an Ultra Race and a Lot of Wet Winter Clothing
Posted in Photos, Updates, tagged Alaska, Matador, Yukon Quest, Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve on February 21, 2011 | 3 Comments »
I’ve got a few odds and ends to catch up on. First of all, I’ve had a handful of stories published over on the Matador Network in the past couple weeks: an introduction to a serious local ultra race — The Yukon Arctic Ultra: The World’s Toughest Race? — and two stories about my Alaskan [...]
That’s What I Call a Roadside Attraction
Posted in Photos, tagged Alaska, Denali, Mt McKinley, Road Trips on January 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
So instead of retracing our steps from Anchorage up the Glenn Highway and along the Tok Cut-off to the Alaska Highway, we took a last-minute detour up the Parks Highway to Fairbanks, then headed south to Tok along the Richardson Highway. It was worth the detour: We had clear views of Mt. McKinley for much [...]
