This is Luis Daniel Vargas. He’s a Colombian traveler I met in Hope, AK yesterday. He’s been traveling for two years on his bike and has cycled all the way to Alaska from his home in Bogota! We went for groceries and a short hike and ended up camping together. He has some crazy stories of cycling thousands of miles, doing peyote in Mexico, getting … Continue reading AK: Meet Luis Daniel Vargas
So, Alaska is a lot different from what I imagined… I’m road tripping with my friend from California, Rylee, who is working in Seward for the season. We drove into Homer for some sightseeing. Shirtless on a beach in my flip-flops? Am I really in the “Great White North?” Continue reading AK: Shirtless in Homer?!?
Two weeks in the Chugach range with another amazing group of students. Beautiful views of glaciers, creek crossings, bush plane re-supplies, laughs, and joy. So much beauty in this place and I’m so lucky to be alive. Continue reading AK: Working in the Chugach
Back in civilization after a month in the Talkeetna range in Alaska. How do you begin to sum up an experience like this? We walked over peaks, passes, and trails. Tundra, scree, talus, bush whacking. We saw moose, caribou, porcupines, and Dahl sheep. We crossed creeks and were turned back by the Chickaloon River. We camped there listening to boulders cracking and slamming against the … Continue reading AK: Working in the Talkeetnas
Anchorage to Seward and back. Met another Outdoor Asian, Jujiro Wada, an early Iditarod pioneer. He didn’t talk much, but his presence was larger than life! The sun doesn’t really go down here. I was walking around after midnight and it felt like dusk. Little kids were still running around at the playground. I slept in my rental car on the side of the road … Continue reading AK: Seward
OMFG. I’M IN ALASKA. ALASKAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!! Don’t know how I feel about being called “basic” by Delta Airlines though… 🤔 Continue reading AK: OMFG. I’M IN ALASKA.
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