Bingo Night at the Willow Winter Carnival
On Friday night, Michele and I decided it might be fun to go play some BINGO! Yep, Bingo. I haven’t played since I was a kid and neither one of us had any idea what we were in for. The night started off innocently enough. We arrived in a near blizzard to a packed Willow […]
Team Ineka at the Sled Dog Stampede
On Sunday, Team Ineka’s Robert and Tyler Forto took part in the sled dog stampede at the Willow Winter Carnival in Alaska. We had so much fun! (Well, after about 12 guys, a couple shovels helped get our dog truck un-stuck) The Stampede goes a little something like this: A team of two mushers and […]
Too Cold for Al’s in Alaska
Its been a cold winter in Alaska. I may still be a cheechako because to me -30 out in the dog yard is might cold on the ole’ fingers. In Anchorage they are saying that it has been the coldest January on record. So cold that they are not letting the kids out to play […]
I’m a 1%er!
I’m a 1%er! No, not an outlaw biker gang member that uses the moniker to distinguish themselves as the bad of the bad. Actually I am a 1%er in the eyes of the State of Alaska. In 2010, Alaska’s population grew by 1.7%. Of Alaska’s 29 boroughs and census areas, 24 grew between the 2010 […]
Y (not Why), Alaska
I have said a few times in my blog, that they do things different in Alaska. Not only is just about everything bigger (and better) up here in the Great White North but there are also some things that are quite peculiar too. Take the town, village, hamlet or what ever you want to call […]