the reasons i'm here

Excuse my delinquency. I've been taking advantage of a flexible schedule and some outdoorsy friends to get outside and enjoy the best of Alaska. Over Halloween weekend I did another caribou hunt with my friends Ian and Trystan up on the haul road. The obligatory 5-mile hike out only added to the adventure.
This last weekend, I skied with some other friends the 11 miles out to Tolovana Hot Springs -- a few rustic cabins and natural hot tubs tucked away in a recently burned black spruce forest. It was about 10 degrees the night we stayed there, and the wind blew hard the next morning. Ice crystals formed in our hair as we soaked in the tubs