Sep 30, 2013 | Blog
Yes, we are still moose-less after 10 days of hard, and I think smart, hunting. I figured Chip would be disappointed when we left camp last night without a moose, but he said, “That was another great weekend. We’ve had some really good hunting,...Sep 24, 2013 | Blog
Tonight from 5-7 it’s the Arts Confluence literary, musical, visual arts celebration and wine and cheese fundraiser in the Chilkat Center lobby, 15 dollar donation. Then tomorrow from noon-4 there’s a party in the borough office to thank and appreciate...Sep 24, 2013 | Blog
I couldn’t take many pictures, as two days of heavy rain fogged up my lens, but I did get a few during breaks in the weather. It was even raining in the tent. It’s not that it leaked, it was actually very dry and warm with Chip’s little steel stove...Sep 19, 2013 | Blog
In the news from the moose hunt, Ralph and Vince got the seventh so far (as of last night anyway) and the weather promises to be miserable– rainy and windy and cooler– the first snow has dusted the top of Santa Claus Mountain and more peaks out the valley....Sep 18, 2013 | Blog
It was a three granddaughter day– baby Silvia Rose stayed home with her mom. And holy cow, were those girls busy. Phoebe the grumpy terrier was unusually attentive and Pearl, the happy Golden Retriever, was her usual baby-doting self, if a little wetter than...Sep 17, 2013 | Blog
The first weekend of the Haines moose hunt is over, and we have survived, and so have the moose in our sites, anyway. I hear four have been taken so far. We have until the first week in October or until 25 or so have been shot. Chip and I camped out on the river so...