So how does the camp cook keep food cold without electricity, a fridge, or a freezer? She keeps three coolers stocked with ice. So where does the camp cook get ice out […]

This is my world while I am here. I am serving as camp cook while the crew awaits the arrival of the real cook. This is a wilderness lodge. There are no […]

I overheard a couple of harbor seals yesterday. Do you know what harbor seals sound like? Sea lions sort of roar and bark. So did the elephant seals we saw in California […]

Canoed in the lagoon tonight. Watched a black bear eating grass along the rocky shore. Watched a sea otter and harbor seal watching us. And discovered that the red salmon are running […]

I’m having trouble with images, but I thought I’d share this: We had an amazing humpback whale sighting on the two-hour boat ride out. The whale was skimming the surface of the […]

Things might get quiet around here for a time. Or not. We’ll see. I am here: This is Aialik (say “eye-AL-ick”) Bay in Kenai Fjords National Park. Alaska Wildland Adventures is building […]