When in Dutch Harbor- Tour Crab Boats & Eat Crab!
Last night’s Deadliest Catch episode inspired me to share with you a special tour I got while I was in Unalaska for the Commemoration of the 75th Anniversary of the Bombing of Dutch Harbor and Aleut Evacuation- a crab boat tour! My friend and Unalaska resident, Lydia, surprised me with arranging a tour of her […]
The Work Is Worth It
Written 6/20/2017 Exhausted is how I left Florida in May. Exhausted describes how I have been this entire year really. Excited, yet exhausted There is an expression that my daughters team uses repeatedly when they are in the thick of practicing for a competition- the work is worth it. And it is. When you […]
Mission of Honor
I started writing this blog a few years ago with the grand vision and hope of going to the Aleutian Islands one day to pay a tribute to my grandfather for his service during the second world war. And on this Memorial week, as we remember and honor those who sacrificed themselves for our who […]
Planes, Boats & Automobiles
Many would say that I have been around, meaning, lived a lot of different places. I guess it depends what your definition of ‘a lot’ is. I was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, a city of 600,000 in the center of Canada (above North Dakota and yes, it is C-O-L-D in the winter). In my late […]
Geography 101- The Aleutian Islands
I just had to start with this post because after speaking about this to several people recently I realized that most people do not even know where the Aleutian Islands are. The most common response I have gotten is- ‘somewhere south, somewhere tropical’. Umm yea, not so much, let’s try the complete opposite direction. Look […]