We left Champagne, Yukon Territory by eight thirty and hoped to make it to Chistochina, Alaska by suppertime. But, as we had learned, traveling the Alaska Highway often yields the unexpected. Before we left we heard road rumors such as, “The Alaska Highway is gravel, isn’t it?” and “The potholes will swallow your car!” We …
Alaska Highway
Don’t Leave Home Without the Milepost and Proper Calibration
The Alaskan Traveler’s Bible Before we left for Alaska, someone suggested that we might want to take along the Milepost. “Milepost?” I said. “Is that some kind of map?” “Yeah, it has maps, and it tells you where you can buy gas and stuff,” my advisor responded. And so at the last minute I purchased …
Don’t Stress the Small Stuff on the Long Roads of Life
The Long and Winding Road I have always suffered from incurable optimism (in most areas of my life). Sell a house on my own? No problem. I read a book and did it. Weave baskets? Sure, why not? I gave the results to everyone for Christmas one year. Make twenty period costumes each October for …
