Category: Adventures

The weeks have been blending together. Not getting off property has been a chore.  The feeling of being stuck have been brewing for some time.  With all the freedom of not having a vehicle and a house provides, it can be a bit restrictive without a car. I've been growing fonder of doing the tours. … Continue reading Blinded, alone in the wilderness

Having the day off, two of my coworkers and I decided to climb Panorama Mountain.  I knew I was out of my league and I didn't care.  I packed my gear and headed out with them for the day.  One was a decent rock climber and the other had summited Denali, they were far more … Continue reading Panorama Moutain

I spent the day lost in thought, as I trimmed the trees with a pole saw.  Music playing in me ear, my mind world's away, drifting from one thought to the next.  What do you call home? Home is where the heart is, people say.  I think it's a little more than just that. If … Continue reading Person, place, and thing

The next week or so went by a little better, Hans was away and three of us were free to run the kennel.  Without him Hansing it up it went smoothly.  My animosity still grew, but I had a light at the end of the tunnel.  My next job would be starting soon and it … Continue reading Free At Last

I was approached by Hans the other day; he offered me a position for the next season. My response was simple, I know.  He wants me to manage the day to day operations of the yurt viewing and dog tours.  I knew that too and told him.  My only question for him was how much?  … Continue reading Wasting My Young Years

By now I had accepted the suck.  My frustrations were ever growing due to Hans’s lack of planning.  There were no standards, no easy way of doing anything.  Donald had started to help me out more knowing what crap I was in.  His friend Luke had been doing the same thing I was but he … Continue reading Accept the suck

My first day was spent with Dris from Belgium at the kennel learning the dogs and the routines for the day.  The afternoon was over and we went into the mountains to house sit for the night.  He was shacked up in a dry cabin for a friend who was away handling on the Yukon … Continue reading Loosely Held Together

I had received a message in the middle of the night, I was needed up in Alaska.  A job offer that had turned me down in October had come back and needed me; that was unheard of.  I did my best to stifle my thoughts and emotions, still falling into a whirlwind with them.  My … Continue reading The Call