By Perry Montoya. Photos by Brandi and Perry Montoya Try as I may, I continue to travel to storied, picturesque geographical locations in this world expecting to be so overly captivated by the visual and sensory beauty that little else sinks …
Category: Alaska
Juneau: Alaska’s Frontier City
Locked between mountains and the Gastineau Channel, Juneau is a great portal for visitors to be introduced to the rugged and beautiful “last frontier” state of Alaska. With a population of 31,000, Juneau is a cross between a city, a …
Haines, Alaska: Small Town America by Roy Stevenson
The small town of Haines nestles peacefully overlooking the remote shores of Alaska’s pristine, 90-mile Lynn Canal-the longest Fjord in America. Haines lies at the base of the fog shrouded Takshanuk and Chilkat Mountains, glistening glaciers crawling down their steep …
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A Whale of a Good Time by Fyllis Hockman
The cry goes out — orcas on right, 9 o’clock — and I tried desperately to spot a spout or tail or fin a mile and a half out. Still, it was the closest I’d ever come to a whale …
Wildlife, Wild Scenery and Wild Stories by Fyllis Hockman
Forty pairs of eyes scan the countryside looking for movement, any movement. With binoculars and cameras at the ready, we hoped for a bear or a moose but were willing to settle for some Dall sheep high up the mountain. …
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Talkeetna – Big Adventures in a Small Alaskan Outpost by Gail Carter
Our one-woman tour company, Corky Champagne, had been carting us around south central Alaska in a mini van. We left Anchorage headed to the well-known and popular Denali National Park & Preserve, a 6 million-acre protected plot of remote Alaskan …
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Kayaking and Yakking on the Glacial Moraines by Marion D.S. Dreyfus
I am back from my adventure where I learned to kayak on the glacial lakes way up in southeast Alaska, without personal horrors of over-turning and drowning in the glacial run-off from Margerie or Pacific glaciers! The state is three …
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The More It Changes, The More It Stays the Same by Linda Ballou
I have been migrating from Los Angeles to Haines, the prettiest little town in Southeast Alaska, for the last 40 years. Like the arctic tern in its epic 25,000- mile round trip journey and the salmon’s primordial yearning to return …
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Slow Blowing Dream by Linda Ballou
The Tatshenshini River is a powerful torrent that flows from its headwaters in Canada’s Yukon Territory for 120 unchecked miles to the Gulf of Alaska. It is the main artery through the pulsing heart of one of the world’s largest …
Time Out to Preserve Alaska’s Wilderness
When New Zealander Michael Slade decided that it was time to take a break from city life, the Global Volunteer Network’s Alaska program seemed like the perfect opportunity. The Alaskan culture and wilderness fulfilled his expectations and more, despite any …
