Winding Down

Well it has been a pretty uneventful week or so. I just got in from being on the road touring. I met some great people on my final Vantage Tour with one of the best Program managers ever, Rosalie Miller. We had a great week and even though we only had 19 guests it turned out to be profitable and fun. It has been very hard to focus on work lately. Thoughts of Kiana keep dancing through my head. I keep thinking about food and supplies i need to buy and packing and shipping it all. I haven't even had time to have anxiety about my new job because i have been too busy trying to prepare for my travels and living in the village. There has been a lot of information about moving to the village and what i need to pack available to me but it is still daunting trying to figure everything out. Unfourtunately I haven't had a lot of time for extracurricular activities this week! Work work work! As i get closer to leaving for Kiana i will be taking pictures of my stuff and showing what i will be living with! Hope you enjoyed a rather short blog. Here is where i will be!

Plugging Away

I've been having a great time in Alaska lately. The tour business hasn't been too good for me lately with two weeks of tours one with 12 people and another with 10. Low numbers = low money made unfortunately. But I have been doing some fun stuff!
I went hiking while on tour in Denali National Park I hiked Mt. Healy at the park entrance ended up being about an 8 mile hike. What a workout!


Today I was able to work a couple hours in the morning then went fishing on the Russian river. It was great to get out and fish. I caught a lot of fish! Lots of trout and dollies.

I was even able to catch a sockeye that I am pretty sure took my prince nymph which is very unusual!

I also had a great bear encounter with a sow and 2 cubs they wanted to cross the river right where I was, I was not happy with that and let them know. Eventually I ended up with my .44 magnum in hand with the sow becoming aggressive. She eventually calmed down and cross downstream of me, crisis avoided.


Like I said, it's been good times in Alaska. I think about going to the village often. Still have not started packing everything but I have been making lists and some plans. I will continue to enjoy my time here while I can! Oh yea I've been seeing moose too!


Thanks for reading!!

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On the road again.....

Once again I'm out of anchorage living out of a suitcase and staying at different lodges and hotels around Alaska. This week I'm driving for Vantage world tour group. I have a group of 10 which is an extremely small group. I'm currently staying at the mckinley princess wilderness lodge but tomorrow will head to Fairbanks then Denali then Anchorage then Seward. I enjoy this trip and itinerary but it can be very challenging. I am responsible to tour and narrate about EVERYTHING from Seward to Fairbanks, thats a lot of info....good thing I'm good at my job!
Days off of work have been few and far between, I was out of town for 17 days straight and worked for 20 days straight. This is not my longest number of days worked in a row but out is still a long time.
I bought a raffle ticket for the Iditarod Trail summer raffle, hoping to win a truck!

I will wrap this post up by saying I've been seeing a lot of wildlife in alaska including whales!

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