Harvest Season is Upon Us

Harvest Season is Upon Us

As always the summer just flew by and we are in a frenzy tying all up our loose ends in town and harvesting the garden. There’s no way around it for anyone who has a big garden – it’s either take care of the crop and do something with it when...
Rattin’ and Raising Kids

Rattin’ and Raising Kids

Tyler and I haveĀ  been living this lifestyle of trapping and living in the bush half the year for 15 years now and we continue to find opportunitiesĀ to learn something new everywhere we turn. It’s been a great life and now we’re blessed to share everything...

Prepared

There are two topics that people have repeatedly asked me to write about, a cooking guide to rustic living and some type of prepping guide to living life in the remote wilderness. Moonlit night with the smokehouse going Years ago, before the kids came into our lives I...
Back to the big City 2022!

Back to the big City 2022!

I’ve been trying to get everyone caught up forever! We got back to Fairbanks late the first week of March. We’ve been running around like crazy ever since. This was the first year in a few that the Alaska Trappers Association hosted the annual local...
To the Wilderness Fall 2021

To the Wilderness Fall 2021

Not according to plan, as usual, I fly out to the woods on Thursday, the 23rd. We had quite a drought this summer up in the Yukon Flats and there isn’t enough water in our river to freight a load with the boat this year. That means all of our gang. Two adults,...
Different

Different

I’ve thought a lot about writing on this topic before but have never seemed to come up with the right words to properly express myself in a way people might understand. I decided to be brave and try to put a few words down about what it’s like to be me, a...
1st Emergency

1st Emergency

Last winter was out 13th year having the trapline. Naturally something interesting had to happen. We’d been lucky so far and never had to leave for the entire winter or call out for help. Our luck changed last winter and we had our first incident. On November...
Arctic Darkness

Arctic Darkness

Since we had the kids the darkness and isolation of midwinter can really get to me. I do my best to remain cheerful knowing that its the best thing to do. I remind myself constantly that it’s a temporary thing. Starting Dec. 1, I always do a very serious...

Back from the Trapline 2021!

Hello to everyone! I just posted my first story of the spring this morning letting everyone know how we did last winter. When I went to check it out after I published it I realized the subscriber parts of my website weren’t working and no one was able to receive...