From Alaska to Athens and back

It's hard to believe it's October already, the past month a blur of travel eastward across the States (Juneau, Minneapolis, Boston), and then on to Greece for the last two weeks of September.

While wandering near the Acropolis in Athens

Coming soon: "BT3 By Land and Sea"

We've been packing for and plotting planning an extensive road trip for months now. I *might* even have a route spreadsheet complete with driving times, average lodging costs per night, and special directions to our alternative choice of lodgings in National Forests. As long as work doesn't call me away for disaster response (and I'm prepared if it does), this thing is going down very soon.

Double Arrow Lookout, Lolo National Forest, Montana (Photo credit to Chris Mader)

The blog is ba-aack!

Hello from rainy Juneau! The view gets better if you choose to read on... ;)

It would be an understatement to say it's been a while. It's hard for me to believe that it's been over two years since I've written here.

The state of the Wind-Lass

Last week, with a few days off for the Independence Day holiday combined with a few days of vacation time, I packed my bags for a whirlwind trip to the Lower 48 in order to see family and attend to the Wind-Lass.

Springing back North...

A few weeks ago the time arrived to take Wind-Lass back to the North Carolina boatyard from her temporary home at the Charleston marina where we got married last fall. Even though we'd rather have our boat in the water than on the hard, for now it just makes the most sense.

It helped to know that we could go back to the great spot we were at the year before.

Celebrating the day of enough daylight

Well, hello friends! I'm breaking my blog hibernation with the announcement that today is the first day sunrise and sunset will again coincide with the start and end of my work day- 7:22 a.m. and 5:02 p.m. respectively. So hooray (!), I can finally see the light- at least when I get home from the office, that is. Which basically means, things are only looking up from here until mid-October (when again, the lack of daylight will probably make me think it's time to hibernate or take a vacation).

Die-hards SUP-ing in 15 degree temps at Eagle Beach Recreation Area in Juneau ~ February 2015

Lately, I’ve definitely had spring on my mind.

Five for Friday: 5 Reasons to love living in rain country

In the past, I was never one of those people who wanted to moved to Seattle, nevermind Alaska. "Give me the sun or give me a tanning bed!" used to be my motto. And then I moved to Juneau...