I am this water. From any approach, there is a heart-stopping moment when Lake Superior reveals herself in full. It never fails to take my breath away. The longer I am away from Big Water, the more there is that feels amiss in my life. I have lived close to the Pacific Ocean, and near [...]
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CHEECHAKOS IN THE CHUGACH
This is a re-post from a year ago. We were fresh back from our trip to Alaska and in the midst of chronicling our experiences. Consult this handy reference for definitions of “cheechako,” “Outsider” and others. I think it’s safe to say when we arrived in Alaska, we expected it to be teeming with wildlife [...]
FROM THE ROAD: ALASKAN GOLD
The latest from our friend John on his RV odyssey from Minneapolis to Alaska. Good Evening from Skagway: You can see DukDuk and me in the attached picture as we entered Alaska and, yes, I am smiling with thumbs up. The drive down was interesting as some of the landscape looked a bit like what [...]
FROM THE ROAD: INTO THE YUKON
“The only society I like is that which is rough and tough – and the tougher the better. That’s where you get down to bedrock and meet human people.” – Robert Service This is the latest dispatch from our friend John’s odyssey. He’s made it into the Yukon and it looks like the real fun [...]
AS I WANDER OUT UNDER THE SKY…
This is the next in our series of Christmas cards matching Pete’s photography with favorite carols. “I Wonder As I Wander” has its origins in Appalachia, but this photograph under the skies east of Denali speaks of wandering God’s great wilderness to us. Merry Christmas! I wonder as I wander out under the sky, How [...]
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Peter and Betsy Wuebker are location-independent professionals who share what they know about travel, simplicity and integrating work with life. 