May 27th, 2009 at 3:30PM: Combat fishing: if these two words bring to mind images of men dressed in camouflage, battling for giant fish, then you're not too far off from reality. Though Alaska might seem like the sort of land where scenes from A River Runs Through It play out in real life, you're actually more likely to see roadside rivers crammed with anglers tossing hooks and sinkers into the water in the hopes of ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Only in Alaska: Combat fishing and the rules of engagement
May 27th, 2009 at 3:30PM: Combat fishing: if these two words bring to mind images of men dressed in camouflage, battling for giant fish, then you're not too far off from reality. Though Alaska might seem like the sort of land where scenes from A River Runs Through It play out in real life, you're actually more likely to see roadside rivers crammed with anglers tossing hooks and sinkers into the water in the hopes of ...Only in Alaska: Living - and traveling - in bear country
May 22nd, 2009 at 1:30PM: Bears: everybody fears them, everybody wants to photograph them from behind a tour bus window. In my neighborhood, black bears constantly get into garbage cans - when people express disappointment at not having seen any bears on their vacation, I encourage them to hang out on my street on garbage day. Alaska has plenty of bears, and if you follow a few rules you're unlikely to ever encounter a ...Only in Alaska: Welcome to the 49th state
May 15th, 2009 at 7:00PM: Alaska is one of those places where your expectations are met and often exceeded: the mountains are gargantuan and they're everywhere, there are moose wandering the cities, and folks still run trap lines and live in log cabins. Yes, people still mush dogs (an Iditarod champion even lives in my small town), and many Alaska Natives still practice subsistence living. Though the stereotypical Alaska ...Got road rage? Try using a different digit to express it
May 7th, 2009 at 1:30PM: I'm a bit of a road rager. Since I live 126 miles down a two-lane mountain road from a major airport, doctor, dentist, and multi-screen movie theater, I often find myself tailgating RVs and Sunday drivers who don't read the "holdup of more than five vehicles is illegal" signs. They also often neglect to move into the right lane when a passing lane opens on uphill stretches. The worst part of my ...Mount Redoubt approaching climax
Jan 29th, 2009 at 4:00PM: Things in south-central Alaska just got a bit more interesting (and south-central Alaska was already a pretty tough neighborhood). Mount Redoubt has seen a dramatic uptick in seismic activity over the last several days and seismologists fear that an eruption may be imminent.
Located about 100 miles southwest of Anchorage, Mount Redoubt hasn't had a release in over 20 years, so you can bet that ...Blogger Kent Wien
Jan 28th, 2008 at 2:00PM: Introducing the newest member of the Gadling team... Kent Wien Since air travel is such a significant part of most of our lives, we're bringing on Kent to share his experiences as a commercial pilot with Gadling. Kent will be writing about each of his trips, giving you an idea of what life is like at the pointy end of an airliner. Keep an eye out for his "Cockpit Chronicles" feature, and follow ...Town Gets Rid of Traffic Lights to Improve Traffic Safety
Sep 19th, 2007 at 9:30AM: I live in a tiny no-stoplight town on Alaska's Kenai Peninsula. The last time I was in Anchorage, Alaska (a town with hundreds of stoplights), I actually drove right through a red light, lost in my own oblivion. Now that I'm used to no stoplights, I find that driving in cities with them makes me crabby and impatient. I want to get where I'm going -- and where I live now I don't have to drive any ...Top Five Destinations of Travel Writer Christopher Elliot
Mar 5th, 2007 at 3:00PM: I checked the Baby Boomer Trips website to see what is happening there these days. Last month, I mentioned the feature, Ask Nan. This time I browsed the Interviews section. Christopher Elliot is one of the interviewees. As a person who writes for National Geographic Traveler, the U.S. News & World Report and who is a columnist for the New York Times, I'd say Elliot knows a thing or two.
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