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Month: September 2015

AUTUMN FLOATHOUSE LOGGING
AUTUMN FLOATHOUSE LOGGING

AUTUMN FLOATHOUSE LOGGING

September 29, 2015 Tara Neilson 0

At this time of the year, when the tides are high, we like to run the beaches for firewood logs. Today was a little different, though. Today we were looking for float logs.     I love […]

THE IMPORTANCE OF SKIFFS (part 1)
THE IMPORTANCE OF SKIFFS (part 1)

THE IMPORTANCE OF SKIFFS (part 1)

September 27, 2015 Tara Neilson 0

 A skiff is a small boat, usually powered by an outboard motor, and it is to rural Southeast Alaska what cars are to the rest of the world. There are no roads here, only waterways.     […]

A NIGHT AT THE MOVIES

A NIGHT AT THE MOVIES

September 23, 2015 Tara Neilson 0

Once a week we dressed up in long skirts, gloves, handbags or suits to walk through the Alaskan night, flashlights in hand casting shadows along the narrow forest trail.  The windows glowed yellow in the […]

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