Friday Photo – The Arctic Travelogue

A picture for your weekend

Alaska, 1938 Letter from Vincent James Joy, Pioneer Missionary to Alaska “Each Sunday forenoon I go across the Copper River to the natives on the other side and tell them the Story of Christ. The Copper is not frozen full length but every fifty yards or so there is open water, moving at the rate ofContinue reading “A picture for your weekend”

Weekend 9/23

Fall . . . Enjoy this autumn weekend! ~Steven and Natalie

Weekend 9/9

Alaska hunting season again! Black bear, brown bear, bison . . . . . . caribou, goat, moose . . . . . . sheep, wolf, wolverine . . . It’s hunting season! ~Steven and Natalie

Weekend 8/18

Alaska State Fair time again! Giant veggies . . . . . . and reindeer to pet! The Alaska State Fair in Palmer, AK is one of our favorite excursions. Here’s hoping you have the chance to enjoy your state fair! ~Steven and Natalie

Weekend 7/29

contrail: /käntrāl/ a trail of condensed water from an aircraft or rocket at high altitude, seen as a white streak against the sky. In the North, we often have the chance to view Transpacific flights from North America to Asia. This flight is going from Chicago to Tokyo. Have a great weekend, wherever you’re going!Continue reading “Weekend 7/29”

Historic Chapel

This picture is from a very old slide (circa 1950) in SEND North’s archives. This log chapel, since named Chapel on the Hill, was built by hand in Copper Center, AK in the early 1940s and served at the time as the only church in the Copper River Valley. Though no longer in use, it stillContinue reading “Historic Chapel”

Weekend 7/15

I part the out thrusting branches and come in beneath the blessed and the blessing trees. “Woods” ~Wendell Berry Our walk in the woods . . . Happy Weekend! ~Steven and Natalie

Weekend 7/8

Exploring The Last Frontier Recent explorations at Byer’s Lake in Denali State Park . . . We hope your weekend is filled with adventure! ~Steven and Natalie

Holiday Weekend 7/1

A moose was born in our neighborhood this week – what a cutie! Mom was pretty protective of him . . . After a couple of days, they were on their way to a more secluded location! Hoping you have a great holiday weekend – Happy Fourth!!! ~Steven and Natalie

Weekend 6/17

Fireweed Fireweed covers much of Alaska’s subalpine region in the summer. When we lived in Glennallen, we enjoyed its culinary uses that include fireweed jelly, honey and syrup. Most importantly, we learned that the passing of time unfolds with fireweed: when the top of the summer flowers on the 3-5 foot stalks bloom and begin to die, fallContinue reading “Weekend 6/17”

John Muir’s Alaska

“When we contemplate the whole globe as one great dewdrop, striped and dotted with continents and islands, flying through space with other stars all singing and shining together as one, the whole universe appears as an infinite storm of beauty.” Travels in Alaska by John Muir, 1915 River view from the Copper River Valley (6/14/2016) AnContinue reading “John Muir’s Alaska”