Alaskology

About the blog: Alaska is a wonderful and fascinating place. Whether its backcountry hiking, coastline kayaking or dining on a downtown deck, there truly is something for everyone. This blog picks up where the annual Daily News Visitors' Guide leaves off. The guide is published in late April, but that's just when summer fun starts heating up. Throughout the year, we hope to give readers a look at Alaska through local eyes. The blog also serves as a calendar of what's going on, a place to look for some outstanding vacation deals and other cool stuff. We invite your comments and your questions.
About me: I live in Anchorage, Alaska's largest city, and I'm the special sections editor at the Anchorage Daily News. My wife and I have been Alaska residents since 2000 and never plan to leave.


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Rainbow over Flattop - 7/22/2008 3:27 pm

A Williwaw weekend - 7/15/2008 4:20 pm

A trip to the Williwaws - 7/10/2008 4:22 pm

Finding a beach - 7/7/2008 4:31 pm

Boredom (for me) and bore tides - 7/3/2008 3:20 pm

Be cautious - 7/1/2008 4:37 pm

A normal day - 6/26/2008 5:20 pm

Riding along Turnagain Arm - 6/23/2008 2:49 pm

View from the trail - 6/20/2008 10:40 am

Summer is here - 6/17/2008 10:32 pm

The bear essentials - 6/15/2008 9:57 pm

Finding Falls Creek ... finally - 6/12/2008 3:08 pm

A couple visitors - 6/8/2008 8:21 pm

Who needs 'summer' for fun? - 6/5/2008 3:02 pm

Wildlife and two wheels - 6/3/2008 11:31 am

7 moose, 1 bear, 1 nice ride - 5/27/2008 4:53 pm

Late dinner = summer fun - 5/26/2008 10:21 pm

Big weekend, big festivals - 5/22/2008 2:37 pm

Bike Month: Photo 4 - 5/22/2008 12:16 pm

Geocaching, moose antler and Moose's Tooth - 5/20/2008 3:55 pm

Suitcases and spring - 5/19/2008 2:30 pm

Video: Anchorage Market - 5/16/2008 1:57 pm

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Signs of spring

Posted by Alaskology

Posted: May 4, 2008 - 10:18 pm

The puddles on our road are big enough to get lost in if you're not careful.The puddles on our road are big enough to get lost in if you're not careful.

Spring means different things to different people. Here's a sample of what it meant to me this weekend.

-- Steve

This is our haul from cleaning up alongside the bike path in our neighborhood Saturday afternoon. Gina's gallery adopted two miles of bike path. All this is from only the first half-mile or so -- beer kegs, beer cans, liquor bottles, fast food containers, paper and pieces of a smashed up car.This is our haul from cleaning up alongside the bike path in our neighborhood Saturday afternoon. Gina's gallery adopted two miles of bike path. All this is from only the first half-mile or so -- beer kegs, beer cans, liquor bottles, fast food containers, paper and pieces of a smashed up car.

Clothes on the line with snow on the ground might make it seem like I'm a little too anxious to get spring really going. But it was actually pretty nice Saturday morning ... and the clothes did dry.Clothes on the line with snow on the ground might make it seem like I'm a little too anxious to get spring really going. But it was actually pretty nice Saturday morning ... and the clothes did dry.

Breakup is making quite a mess of the road in front of our Hillside house. I guess the 20-plus inches of snow we had a week ago didn't help matters too much.Breakup is making quite a mess of the road in front of our Hillside house. I guess the 20-plus inches of snow we had a week ago didn't help matters too much.

Spring brings tire change-over season. Saturday evening Gina and I tag-teamed changing the tires on her car. It's a twice-a-year job -- once in the fall to put the studded tires on, once in the spring to take them off.Spring brings tire change-over season. Saturday evening Gina and I tag-teamed changing the tires on her car. It's a twice-a-year job -- once in the fall to put the studded tires on, once in the spring to take them off.


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