Sep 25, 2012 | Blog
The good news is that we had a great time at a different tent camp on the mid-Chilkat River, where we spent three days (two sunny, one rainy) and saw lots of moose sign, a bull that was not legal, and a cow, and entertained company between the morning and evening...Sep 21, 2012 | Blog
Now that three seasoned outdoors folks have had to spend the night on a log in the middle of the Chilkat River after their skiff motor quit, then they were swept into a dead tree and it oveturned dumping them and its contents in the water and leaving them wet and...Sep 20, 2012 | Blog
Yesterday was one of those September days that used to me make me feel kind of homesick– or at least that’s the right feeling if not the proper word. The light and stillness, the yellow leaves and woodsmoke, boats in the harbor, last tourists looking...Sep 19, 2012 | Blog
A high school student sent me some questions, which I answered yesterday and thought you may be interested in. It is also kind of funny, because last night at dinner, friends who watch Fox News said that Bill O’Reilly’s thought for the day feature (or...Sep 17, 2012 | Blog
We spent the weekend camping on a bench next to the woods and swamps so far up the river we were practically speaking Canadian. Perhaps the moose up there do, as we didn’t see a legal bull, or at least I don’t think we did. I am sworn to secrecy since the...Sep 14, 2012 | Blog
When a Haines facebook friend wrote – no more dying, okay? I knew exactly what she meant. Recently we have lost a lot of people for such a small place. Two well-loved elders died (basically) of old age– former Southeast Fair director Harriet Jurgeleit and...
