The little girl gripped the edge of the folding table. “Billy is not afraid,” she told me with a steely look as her brother handed over Billy for the slug race weigh-in. I peeled the surprisingly sticky Billy from my latex-gloved hand and laid him on the digital kitchen scale. Ten grams. A small contender […]

In 1952 Virginia “Ginny” Hill, her husband ‘Woody’ Morton Wood, and Celia Hunter founded Camp Denali, one of Alaska’s first  eco-tourism lodges, located 90 miles out the Denali Park Road, near Wonder Lake in then Mt. McKinley National Park.  Ginny spent every summer at Denali National Park, building camp where they hauled in everything, led […]

Fall is a high-energy time of year and a welcome season for those who embrace the refreshingly cooler temperatures, crisp skies, shorter days, and semblance of structure that come with it. While tradition has taught us that resolutions are earmarked for New Year’s and deep cleaning for spring, this spirited season provides similar inspiration – […]