Life in Alaska — A View From Homer

Pink lupine were a special treat. We were feeling a bit beaten up by all the tough mountain biking we'd done, and we'd biked all...

 A couple weeks ago Denver and I had driven up Snug Harbor Road in search of the other end of the Russian Lakes Trail.  We were sty...

This was supposed to be our 'off' or easy workout day.  It ended up being yet another intense one.  Seems like we just can't hel...

As we discovered on this trip, biking a trail is very different than hiking it.  Thus, I've included the 'biking it' in the titl...

The Crescent Creek Trail, found 3.4 miles off the Sterling Highway in Cooper Landing down Quartz Creek Road (very bumpy!!) is rated an ea...

The day after the Slaughter Trail we'd opted to raft the Kenai River, figuring we'd need a break physically.  While we weren't a...

The view of Kenai Lake from part-way up Slaughter Trail in Cooper Landing Over the years a couple of people have glowingly mentioned th...