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We tried something different in Alaska this year, and it took me a bit to decide how I felt about it. But I think I've got it figured out. As you likely know, my wife's sister's family lives up in Alaska, near Homer on the Kenai Peninsula. We visit near annually for about a week and it's always an adventure. I've written in the past about Homer specifically, as well as our ordeals in traveling there (see posts tagged Alaska). We've always flown through Anchorage, gotten to Ho

When we visit Alaska in the summer, an annual thing in our family (see Alaska posts), one of the big adjustments is to what we're heard referred to as 'Alaska Time.' As a result of the long summer days, the sun going down at like midnight in July, people stay up late and then sleep in well into the morning. For us this has frequently meant we can get up at, I don't know, 7am (aka 10am in Minnesota), go into town, get some coffee and/or breakfast, mill around a little while, t

We travel to Alaska about a week each summer, as I've written about before, to see my wife's sister's family. They're homesteading up...

Last week we were in Alaska again and, while it's always a good trip, it brings some challenges both physical and emotional. From MSP...

It's summer and we're back from our annual pilgrimage to see my wife's sister's family on the Last Frontier. I've written in the past...

About a week ago we got back from our (usually) annual trip to Alaska. As I've said before we have family near Homer, AK on the Kenai...

Board games, particularly strategy games, have always been something I enjoy. As a kid through elementary and middle school I played a...

We have family that lives near Homer, Alaska. It's quite a trip, but it's one we try to make once a year to see those loved ones and...