October 11th 2008  North America » United States » Alaska » Fairbanks
As I closed my truck door in the darkness, I could hear howling through the trees. First one, then two, until all had joined and the forest vibrated with the rise and fall of their voices. The night c ... 10 photos [full story]

October 5th 2008  North America » United States » Alaska » Fairbanks
I can’t believe it snowed in September. I remember my first fall in Fairbanks. I arrived October 11th in a 737 on a dark evening with one piece of luggage. The sky was still thinking about dropp ... 13 photos [full story]

October 1st 2008  North America » United States » Alaska » Fairbanks
Thursday August 21 - Saturday August 23 - 08 During the day at Denali the clouds had gathered and as the train pulled away from the station it started to rain but a few miles down the track the sun w ... [full story]

September 22nd 2008  North America » United States » Alaska » Fairbanks
Life changes after being away for a summer. But, in many instances, friends remain the same and you find yourself slipping cozily back into a routine like you had never left. In Fairbanks, among certa ... 19 photos [full story]

September 21st 2008  North America » United States » Alaska » Fairbanks
Fairbanks, a town keen on community and participation in local events, not to mention a rabid interest in physical pursuits of any kind, has outdid itself again this year with the completion of the lo ... 7 photos [full story]

September 21st 2008  North America » United States » Alaska » Fairbanks
I hate the moments when you know that an idea, or an event, a moment, needs to be caught and held for the world, yet to the act is entrenched in apathy. The impatient travel writer sits at his or her ... 5 photos [full story]

September 16th 2008  North America » United States » Alaska » Fairbanks
Survival is a state of mind. Taking that comment into account, we can argue the pluses of having proper tools or gear while in a survival situation if one should find themselves up a creek without a p ... 13 photos [full story]

September 11th 2008  North America » United States » Alaska » Fairbanks
I came to Fairbanks because I was curious. I came because I was asked. I came because there was nothing to go home to. I came because home was no longer where I belonged. Petersburg was not home. Nei ... 10 photos [full story]

September 11th 2008  North America » United States » Alaska » Fairbanks
Peregrination \pehr-uh-gruh-NAY-shun\, noun: A traveling from place to place; a wandering. I was conceived in Africa, a sign of my future. My travels first took place inside the womb. Oddly enoug ... 4 photos [full story]

September 6th 2008  North America » United States » Alaska » Fairbanks
I am find myself wanting to leave for Peru now. Perhaps I want to escape the frustration of life, of relationships (or lack there of) and disappointments that seem to occur in every day life. If I cou ... 4 photos [full story]