Chickens and Turkeys and Goats – Oh My!

Another day, another camping spot. This weekend, although we are at this location for a PSD (Performance Scent Dog) Trial, Camp Maranatha is a beautiful backdrop for the trial, and is also home to a small farmstead. The Scent Work Trial will be on the more picturesque lake-side of the camp, with its dock, benchesContinue reading “Chickens and Turkeys and Goats – Oh My!”

Staying On the Bright Side

My trip south to the Kenai peninsula had the desired effect. When I awoke the morning after my arrival in Soldotna, the dark clouds were busily scudding off across Cook Inlet – probably intent on plastering Wasilla with yet another inch of rain. The weather in Soldotna, for the entire three days of our BarnContinue reading “Staying On the Bright Side”

The Mat-Su Valley – My Home

I dropped in via the internet this morning to visit the Alaska site, under Travel & Culture, of the BellaOnline magazine. (www.BellaOnline.com), with the intent of searching the archives for a couple of specific articles I wrote for them in the past. Although I stopped writing weekly articles for the magazine nearly two years ago,Continue reading “The Mat-Su Valley – My Home”