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Alaska · Inside Passage · Being There Where Mother Nature Lives Glaciers, rain, cold, and river ice reduce digital narcissism to zero. The wilderness does not ask for attention. It takes it. See Full Image Follow the Route Watch the Journey Show Text Ordinary World The Call Answer the Call Foreign Land Trials The Elixir Being There “By the time I recognise this moment, this moment will be gone.” Wow, what a summer. Alaska is a lot like pizza. When it is good, it is really good. When it is bad, it is still pretty good. Like the pizza guy, Alaska always delivers. I am not swimming with the sharks in New York City. I am keeping company with the glaciers in Juneau. The rain, the cold, and the glaciers together can take every bit of c...

Alaska Field Notes · King of Fish Salmon Fishing I had been fishing all season—not only for the fish, but for what wild salmon symbolize: the Pacific Northwest’s natural splendor. See Full Image Show Text Ordinary World The Call Answer the Call Foreign Land Trials The Elixir There is a fine line between fishing and standing on a bridge looking like an idiot—unless you are in Alaska holding a salmon. The Call Truly the King of Fish King of Fish In Alaska, the bridge, the river and the salmon all become part of the proof. I have been fishing all season, but not only for the fish. I have been fishing for what the wild salmon symbol...

Ketchikan Field Notes · Answer the Call More Like Blue Sky Fjords A seaplane flight from Ketchikan Harbor into wilderness that cannot be reached by road, and barely seems reachable by thought. See Full Image Show Text Ordinary World The Call Answer the Call Foreign Land Trials The Elixir 205 inches of rain a year, and not one drop today. A unique Alaskan experience. We took off from Ketchikan Harbor Seaplane Base and the self-proclaimed salmon capital of the world, the place where people do not get old, they rust... and rust never sleeps. Up in the air for thirty minutes on the single-engine flying boat, the small remote mountain lakes below would have been next to impossible to reach on...

Tongass Watershed · After the Gold Rush TON GASS NATIONAL FOREST · ALASKA A Watershed Moment The way I see it, if you want to see Rainbow Falls, you have to put up with the rain. See Image Show Text The Rain Tongass Bearings Heavy Traffic Elixir The way I see it, if you want to see Rainbow Falls, you have to put up with the rain. Alaska did not ask me to tolerate precipitation. It asked me to reconsider it. You Have to Put Up with the Rain The reward and the weather arrive together. Salmon, Rain, and Judgment I think salmon fish in the package is nice, but then I think rain is wet, so who am I to judge? Tongass National Forest Many consider the Tongass National Forest the crown jewel of the national forest system. One thing is certain: it was a watershed moment—a point after which nothing would ever be quite the same in my appreciation for precipitation. Rain was no longer the path of moist resistance. I liked it. I Finally Got My Bearings Alaska has a way of correcting s...

Tongass Watershed · After the Gold Rush TON GASS NATIONAL FOREST · ALASKA A Watershed Moment The way I see it, if you want to see Rainbow Falls, you have to put up with the rain. See Image Show Text The Rain Tongass Bearings Heavy Traffic Elixir The way I see it, if you want to see Rainbow Falls, you have to put up with the rain. Alaska did not ask me to tolerate precipitation. It asked me to reconsider it. You Have to Put Up with the Rain The reward and the weather arrive together. Salmon, Rain, and Judgment I think salmon fish in the package is nice, but then I think rain is wet, so who am I to judge? Tongass National Forest Many consider the Tongass National Forest the crown jewel of the national forest system. One thing is certain: it was a watershed moment—a point after which nothing would ever be quite the same in my appreciation for precipitation. Rain was no longer the path of moist resistance. I liked it. I Finally Got My Bearings Alaska has a way of correcting s...

Alaska Origin Story · Ferry North Bears? No Guarantee. Totem Poles? Absolutely. I boarded the Alaska Marine Highway in Bellingham looking for passage north. By the time we reached Ketchikan, I had three job offers and an entirely different summer. See Full Image Show Text Ordinary World The Call Answer the Call Foreign Land Trials The Elixir I went north as a passenger. I arrived with three job offers and a summer job explaining why wildlife refuses to honour the brochure. The Call The Ferry North I took the Alaska Marine Highway from Bellingham, Washington, to Ketchikan, Alaska. It was not supposed to be a career move. It was transportation. Somewhere between the Inside Passage, the cold deck air and the steady parade of isla...