Video Blog: Put the iPhone down and take a kid outdoors
based on a recent post (see here)
As I was heading up the Dalton Highway (The haul Road) It only seemed right to start this leg of the journey at Carlile Transportation, the trucking company from Ice Road Truckers. Fairbanks to Coldfoot Starting off early Sunday morning, Carlile was closed, so I didn’t get to meet any one there. Once I took…
Coldfoot Camp North of the Arctic Circle sits Coldfoot Camp, a glorified truck stop half way up the Dalton, a six hour drive or so from Fairbanks. It’s not much, but what it is, is a welcome respite from the road. I stayed here one night in spartan surroundings and then two more nights in…
Mosquitos are the state bird of Alaska, so goes the joke. And Mosquitos are no laughing matter in Alaska. They are thick. They are everywhere. They are annoying AF. Mosquito Gear I have all the proper outdoor clothes and gear for these pesky critters: But did they live up to their hype? In preparation for…
Winter is the dry season in the Everglades, meaning less mosquitos, less humidity and less water throughout the ecosystem. It’s also much less heat. A perfect time to go canoeing and see a lot of wildlife: great blue herons, red shouldered hawks, snowy egrets and my everglades favorite, ospreys. In addition to alligator and manatees….
With a full-time population of about 30 people, I have been in Starbucks more crowded than The Forks, ME. (google maps). People come here for the Kennebec River, for fishing, rafting and ford moose. I came to this corner of northern Maine on the Kennebec River to catch some native brook trout and landlocked salmon…