December’s ice paradise continued throughout the month. My enjoyment of it culminated with two magical days spanning Solstice. Head of the Bay 12.20.2025 Bright and early Alison, Erica and I drove east so we could start biking during sunrise. Conditions were perfect to drive down the switchbacks – a first for me. We fat bikedContinue reading “Solstice Skating”
Category Archives: Alaska
Wild Ice
December started warm and wet, melting most of the snow we had. Then it froze, hard. We are looking at days and days of temperatures in the teens, and single digits at night. Skiing is out of the question… So the Nordic Skates are going to get a lot of use. The skate season startedContinue reading “Wild Ice”
Yet to be named deliciousness
My cooking style could be described as experimental. It usually works out well, but last night’s dinner was amazing. So much so I’m going to try to lay it out for future use and so you could play along. So, until we ate it (devoured it) I didn’t realize how epic it was going toContinue reading “Yet to be named deliciousness”
Social Petworking.
Updates from the life of Trails and Mr. Sinatra. They took a while to warm up to each other, but now they are good buddies. Mr Sinatra’s other buddy is a pheasant. For reals. This pheasant is most bizarre he comes and pecks the window and the cat can get right up to him. TheContinue reading “Social Petworking.”
Ruth
In December 2019 visitors to the Diamond Creek MTB Trails started to encounter a small, timid porcupine near the trailhead kiosk.It seems some folks started to feed her because she became increasingly less timid. The first time I met her was a clear sunny day when Trails and I had enjoyed a walk down Rollin’Continue reading “Ruth”
Quillpig 