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Up in Alaska
http://www.arcticglass.blogspot.com
A subarctic journal about ice, bears and life north of the 59th parallel
- Added on: Nov 5th, 2005
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Listed in: Humor Relationships Destinations
Recent Posts
Rainforest trail
This is where I go when time closes in,This place hidden away from the seasons.Too dark for berries.Too dense for snow.This is where I go.This is where I ride when weather closes in,And sheets of rain fall from the sky.Sheltered and narrow,Sun-depriv...
Ride to mile 25
I finally switched out the tires on my mountain bike. This is perhaps the latest I've made the switch to studs since I moved to Alaska. As I pumped the front tire up to 55 psi, the valve started to make that horrible hissing noise that indicates I ha...
Erin and Hig
The following is an article I wrote about a couple who is stopping in Juneau next week to give a slideshow presentation about their yearlong, 4,000-mile journey up the Pacific Coast. If you must buy something on Black Friday, I recommend buying Erin'...
Thaw
Running on the Dan Moller Trail at about noon yesterday. I've been short on time these past few mornings and playing with options for shorter, higher-intensity workouts. Running in the snow has all the intensity of running in loose sand on a beach, e...
Another Sunday with Pugsley
I've still got the bike love. Lately, I've been genuinely worried about it fading. I mean, these things happen. I rode a bicycle across the country in 2003 and then barely touched it for the next two years. This past summer, with three months solely ...
Warm light on a winter\'s day
There's one main reason why winter is genuinely my favorite season of the year in Southeast Alaska. Spring has promise and new growth; summer has warmth and ease; fall has color and storms; but winter has stark, seemingly endless, staggering beauty.O...
