Category: Alaska

Weekend Sightseeing

We took advantage of the clear weather and nearly full moon to enjoy a moonlight beachwalk. At twenty degrees and calm–and dressed for much colder–it was beautiful outing. Mike took his camera. […]

Harbor Seals

The lagoon is home to many harbor seals. We canoed with them over the summer and spied them sunbathing on icebergs in the upper lagoon by the Pedersen Glacier, but we have […]

Coyotes

We looped around the edge of Pedersen Lagoon rather than backtracking after our beachwalk over the weekend. It would have been shorter and easier to backtrack along the beach, but short and […]

Safety

Okay, say the satellite internet connection doesn’t work for a number of days. How do we let the lodge owner know we’re fine and all is well? We are, after all, working […]

The Joy of Walking

What is it about a walk in nature that gives me such joy? Saturday’s bright sun and clear blue sky inspired us to exchange tools and computer for cameras and binoculars after […]

Bird Watch

Kenai Fjords National Park participates in a citizen-science based project called COSST that monitors parts of the west coast from the Aleutians down into Mexico, keeping a record of dead birds located […]