Iniakuk Lake Wilderness Lodge Fairbanks

... My hobbies involve training and spending time with my cocker-spaniels, sewing, gardening, and missions. My husband, Terry, and I always seem to be involved with some missions event or activity so I suppose we are addicted, and it all started with my first mission-team trip. I find it hard to believe, but this will actually be my tenth Alaska Team trip to Thailand to volunteer with Partners. Over the years I have experienced some ...

... in the motorhome. I drove the PT and Art followed me, so for a while I was free to scout around the area instead of sitting around waiting for the rig to be serviced.

I visited the Alaska Wood Bowl Company. They make beautiful birch bowls and other wooden items. I considered buying some as souvenirs, but upon realizing that they had to be constantly seasoned with a special oil, I changed ...

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We passed through a portion of the Tanana Valley State Forest which is 265 miles long. Almost 90 percent of the state is forested with the rest being shrub land. The trees in Alaska are predominately paper birch, quaking aspen, balsam poplar, black spruce, white spruce and tamarack. The forest sure was beautiful. We crossed Gerstle River on ...

... In the hills the temperatures can drop to a chilly 30-degrees. Our carry-on bags will consist of a day-pack and fanny-pack each, and we will load these with our snacks and books for the flight, cameras, as well as postcards of Alaska to share our stories of home during our trip.

... to find somebody who has stayed at each place I'm interested in so this was less useful. If you're looking for lonely out of the way backpacker budget selections this is a great starting place. I like Venere for their maps, which make it easy to find hotels by which part of Venice you want to stay in. I still ...

... a three compartment bag, but then I realized that this is actually more flexible. With some packing cubes it has the separation of a multi-zip bag, but I can also put items vertically along the entire depth of the bag, rather than being forced to pack horizontally only and being restricted by compartments. I was stunned to discover that even with 2 pairs of shoes, 2 skirts, 2 dresses, 2 pairs of pants, 4 shirts, 10 pairs ...

... for 'home-stays' to get to know the people. Burma was one of our ports-of-call, and for me, this is where it all clicked. The scope of what I was actually doing fell into place. My experiences during Semester at Sea caused my faith in God to grow exponentially. I recognized how I can funnel God's love through me into others. Those four months abroad changed my life and focused my faith. When I returned home ...

... a good night's sleep...... or so we thought.... At 5am we were all woken by a bang on the window. For those of you who are unaware, waking me is a feat more impressive than raising the dead. The source of this noise was a bloody robin that was flying repeatedly at our shed window and hitting the glass with some force. We tried leaving the curtains open or closed but neither would distract him from his favourite masochistic ...

... At the end of the tour I decided to take an hour walk through the woods back to the Visitor's Center. All the pictograms for walking trails I have seen here in Alaska show two persons. That conveys the important message of not walking trails alone. The reason is at least two-fold. Firstly, if anything happens out on the trail there is someone there to help. Secondly, two people create a lot more noise than one. The creation of noise is essential in not ...

July 2006 chatinika river Jason and our friend jeff went in halves on this boat this summer, so darn it we are going to use the thing. Irene prefers a canoe for river outings but Jason seems to have big plans for this boat. According to the specs we can get a week of gear, me, Jason, the dog and a moose on the boat. Ohhhh, so that's what it's for. Anyway, Irene is learning how to float rivers in baby steps. Her dad's stories of ...