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Yukon: Thanks for adventuring!
One of my favourite conversations on this trip was with a server at Klondike Brewing in Skagway, Alaska. She was super friendly and happy to chat about life in Alaska. I love hearing about people who have made deliberate moves to live somewhere they fell in love with, and in my experience, Alaska is a hotbed for these journeys. We heard about her life without internet from April to September, and had a lively discussion about her limited restaurant recommendations in town. When she realized we hadn’t just rolled off the docked cruise ships like most of the other patrons, she became particularly chatty and wanted to know about our…
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A series of fortunate events – Part 1
It’s been a few days since our last post so I’m going to release a series of them, I say series because while I had planned our sleeps, there’s no way I could have planned the outcome. Jan 14: We leave Welling with worry in our hearts. The ferry crossing is supposed to be both magical (due to the views of the Marlborough Sounds) and terrifying (due to the waves that have been know to get 7 metres high!). So when we woke up to rain, we were both quite concerned. Turns out, the ferry is more like a cruise, restaurants, observations decks, movie theatres and a playground. I watched…
