It’s been a busy seven weeks or so since my last update. I’m in New York this week and am, as always, thrilled to be here. There are a couple of travel-themed readings on the go in the next couple of days – I’ll post more about those soon. What else? I attended a major [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Alaska’
News from New York City
Posted in Updates, tagged Alaska, Best American Travel Writing, New York City, World Hum on November 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Alaska: Four Dream Trips, in Pictures
Posted in Photos, tagged Alaska, Dream Trips, National Parks on September 18, 2010 | 2 Comments »
My recent ATIA-sponsored trip was my first foray into Alaska proper — up to now, I’d only visited the panhandle towns of Skagway and Haines — and boy, was it something. The trip was an eight-day whirlwind: We visited seven cities, towns or settlements, two national parks and an array of isolated roadhouses and lodges; [...]
On the Chilkoot Trail
Posted in Photos, tagged Alaska, Chilkoot Trail, Hiking, Yukon on July 22, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Last week I spent four days hiking the Chilkoot Trail, the old Gold Rush route that runs from Dyea, outside Skagway, AK, over the mountains and across the Canada-U.S. border to Bennett Lake, where the stampeders boarded boats to the Klondike. I’m hoping to write more about the trip at some point, but in the [...]
