If you have ever gone a few years without a real vacation you know that with the passage of time the madness of work starts to all make sense and the insanity becomes your sense of normal. And I’m not talking about a vacation where you take the time off to put in a [...]
Entries from May 29th, 2007
You know you’re ready for a road trip when…
May 29th, 2007 · 2 Comments · Rants, Raves and the Zen Art of Road Trip Management
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Skid marks on an Arctic gravel road
May 28th, 2007 · No Comments · Rants, Raves and the Zen Art of Road Trip Management
The road is full of twists and turns. Drivers who claim to be it’s master are often ill prepared to solve the complex problems facing them at the road’s edge. In an attempt to help weed out the road warrior from the drivers-Ed dropouts, the last great road trip is providing a quick [...]
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“The Haul Road” is the road trip
May 27th, 2007 · 2 Comments · 2007 Arctic Circle
Friends and family have asked why Deadhorse, why the Dalton Highway, why not Anchorage? I think the Bureau of Land Management described it best in their The Dalton Highway brochure when they wrote: “Ultimate Road Adventure The Dalton Highway is a primitive road that begins 84 miles (134 km) north of Fairbanks and ends [...]
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Mapping out the route to the Arctic Circle
May 27th, 2007 · No Comments · 2007 Arctic Circle
Those in the northwest know Metsker Maps of Seattle as one of the greatest places to find directions. Located in Downtown Seattle on 1st Avenue between Pike & Pine, in the Sanitary Market Building of the historic Pike Place Market. They have a huge selection of maps and a ton of other geography [...]
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An introduction to the driver’s seat
May 25th, 2007 · 1 Comment · Rants, Raves and the Zen Art of Road Trip Management
I am a dynamic figure, often seen scaling mountains and crushing ice. I have been known to take walk about for six months. I translate ethnic slurs for small militant groups. I write haiku.
I have done the Ididarod, raced the Baja and swam with whales. I am an expert in stucco, a veteran on the [...]
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