Alaska Railroad

I traveled The Alaska Railroad from Fairbanks to Denali to meet my mom after her first two days of adventure in Anchorage a couple weeks ago.  We hit up Denali National Park & Preserve for an all-day wilderness tour and saw some amazing animals and natural beauty.  Later that day, we took the rail back to Fairbanks and I showed her around town the next few days, which included an unexpected 8-hour round trip drive to the Arctic Circle, checking out UAF's Museum of the North, Pioneer Park, and picking blueberries just off the Steese Highway.  This video highlights my meeting her in Denali the first couple days.  My sister also visited the week before.  I'll see about trying to compile a similar video that highlights that fun, too.
[Music: "Train" by Mother Mother]

Wildhorse Mountain & Sevenmile Lake

I finally found some time to compile some of my previous footage of a few of us hiking up Wildhorse Mountain over Memorial Day Weekend this year.  You can reach the area by driving the Richardson Hwy to the Denali Hwy, drive to mile marker 40, then park off the road at Glacier Lake Trail and hike a few miles into the Amphitheater Mountains.  We hiked muddy marshes, camped valley plateaus, scaled near-vertical mountain cliffs, sled down mountainsides, and somehow still survived.  Pretty much one of my favorite holiday weekend adventures to date!


Enjoy the sights and sounds of pure Alaska nature while a couple of my favorite bands score the adventure - Minus The Bear & Talkdemonic..

Alaskan Sunsets

Despite my blog title eluding to a sunrise symbolizing the beginning of a new year for me here in Alaska, there have been some ridiculous sunsets since I’ve moved here.  A normal day’s sun has been rising around 4am and setting close to 11pm this time of year.  However, before too long those two separate hours will be nearing closer and closer - until we hit June 21st, the longest day of the year.  Here are a few examples of what I am speaking of.

Daylight fades above a dog mushing trail.

Birch trees offer great silhouettes at Creamer's Field.

My cabin's sunset at 10:30pm, May 16th.

Bob Ross would love this! [Credit: KFace]

Happy Girl

My friend Katie and I hit up a late-night hike on Monday, May 10th in Creamer's Field Migratory Waterfowl Refuge in Fairbanks, AK. A solid twilight was in full force until 1:30am while the birch trees shined bright throughout the night.

Music: "Sleep Through Summer" by Now, Now Every Children