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[I have safely arrived, a nearly impossible task if it weren’t for THE CLAW and it’s determined grasping for the next great thing.] Never mind starting with a 16-hour flight delay, the [...]

I’ve boogied with locals at a festival in Knik… I’ve eaten no less than 5 pounds of trail mix… I’ve hiked… I’ve shared new writing at a public venue… I’ve loved sled dogs… and seen birds of note… [...]

We wake, drink a liter of water each, consume approximately 25 grams of protein at breakfast, and hit the trail. No day packs. No water. Just running shoes, tight pants, and tech tops. So, this [...]

Compton (my college rugby buddy) and I are 45 minutes outside of Anchorage, headed toward her family’s vacation rental home in the ski resort town of Girdwood. It’s a gorgeous day, the sun [...]

It’s been six weeks since I’ve been in a city, which might explain why I’m totally flabbergasted by all the cars in the middle of the afternoon. Where could this many people possibly be going? [...]

I hiked the Triple Lakes Trail yesterday afternoon, a rare 12 miles of Denali Park lands that actually boasts a human-maintained trail running fairly consistently from end to end. Since the [...]

*** Website updates, including news about a new fiction prize I won! Click here for more info. *** [I won’t attempt accuracy with dog names and gender in this post; I simply couldn’t keep up. [...]

You know you’re staying with dog mushers when, just as casually as we might expect mail to come to our door, 3,000 pounds of dog food are delivered: Or when books like this dominate the [...]

Here at Milepost 22w, I’m set up with a lovely loft apartment and views of Pyramid Point and the surrounding 6,000-foot peaks of the Nenana Valley in Denali. A view out just 1 of 9 windows in the [...]

Ladies and Gentlemen: This is a shower. The kind of shower that you just turn on. And I am about to take one for the first time in 38 days.