Category: Life in Alaska
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Labrador Tea, Day 3 in Healy
I didn’t think foraging would start for awhile. But while shoveling snow to widen a path to the outhouse, I found some Labrador Tea! My Alaska edibles books are arriving Friday with our household goods. But I am confident in identifying this particular plant. Snow flattened Labrador Tea (Rhododendron groenlandicum, I believe, though there are…
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Snowshoes, Day 2 in Healy
First day waking up in our cabin and using the outhouse at 13F. Lucky it is this warm! Another gorgeous, sunny day. We mixed being productive with having fun. Saw a flock of around 20 Ptarmigan in their winter white. Only one would stand still for a photo. One of the productive tasks was getting…
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Spent, Day 1 in Healy
While we are impressed with how much we have accomplished in less than 24 hours, we are physically spent. The lane is dug out (thanks Mr. Evan’s, an artist with a loader/plow). Decent path to outhouse, though we have to use our high boots until we dig more. Brought the trailer over and parked it. …
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Day Sixteen, Delta Junction to Healy
Over 4800 miles and the travel portion of the journey is over! Our last tourist photo is at North Pole, Alaska ( a real town, but not at the real north pole). We saw 2 coyotes after leaving Delta Junction, the only wildlife today other than birds. As we approached Fairbanks it felt like we…
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Water
With practice I hope we get by on 7 gallons of water per day. Be sure to empty the bucket under the sink a couple times each day! No water needed for the toilet There are pay showers in town which will be handy until the snow melts in June Moose enjoyed the bark last…
Me & C 