Going Longer: A Love/Hate Relationship with Backpacking
From the passionate essays I have read I am led to believe that there are people who find pure, blissful enjoyment from backpacking and wilderness camping. I don’t get it. I never…
Alaska
Falling in Love with Alaskan Sled Dogs and a Chance at Fjallraven Polar
If anyone had told me 15 years ago that I would be dreaming of spending all my free time up north in the snow running sled dogs I would have…
Life is an adventure. Live it well.
Life is an adventure. Live it well. This is how I remember my Dad, even as he laid on his deathbed, too weak to lift his head, muscles locked in…
AK Salmon Sisters: Commercial fishing and a love of wild spaces
Twenty-somethings Claire Neaton and Emma Teal Laukitis grew up on a family homestead near the Aleutian Islands in Alaska. Their wild upbringing has translated into a continued love of the…
Amanda Vogel, founder of Snomad Racing
You may think you love dogs, but you’re probably not as passionate as Amanda Vogel. This Michigan native moved to the extreme cold of Northern Minnesota to immerse herself in…
Operation Moto Dog takes on North America
Mallory Paige is traveling through every state and province in North America via motorcycle. She’s not going it alone – her yellow lab Baylor rides shotgun in a sidecar. They’ve…