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Day One, Luray to Zanesville
The trip has begun! Hearing the truck strain pulling the trailer over the mountains & into a head wind on US Highway 48 was stressful enough that it was hard to truly enjoy the beautiful scenery, majestic windmills and 4 lane road with little traffic. Only 9.5 mpg, yikes. Honestly, the morning wasn’t much fun,…
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Goodbye Garden
I am eager to head to Alaska on so many levels, but will miss my garden. While I will miss friends too, at least I can keep in touch online. (Plus some of you will visit us, hint, hint). Dear Garden: Despite the neglect this last year, you continued to provide plenty of greens and…
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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…
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Packing to Live in an Alaskan Dry Cabin for 6 months
The cabin we rented is 310 square feet. We wonder, will we wish we brought more (more warm clothes perhaps)? Or will we wish we brought less (where are we going to put clothes – our bedroom closet is 26” wide). Our current home is a normal 1430 square feet PLUS an unfinished basement. Here…
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Countdown to March 2
Thank goodness we haven’t left for Alaska already as originally planned. Widespread snow storms and blizzards are currently stretching along much of our driving route (Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota, Canada, Alaska). Rather than huddling up somewhere waiting for the conditions to improve, we are in balmy Virginia (77F today!). Today I worked…
Me & C
Roaming: Shenandoah River to the Alaska Range
Me & C 