Alaska

Okay, since my last real update I have driven 4,000 miles from Alaska to San Francisco, spent a week in the middle of the Nevada desert for Burning Man, set up a house for 15 people in Berkeley,…

Jim and I are currently in Whitehorse, Canada, 946 miles from Homer, AK where we started. It is 1:00am here, and we are parked next to a little motel leaching their wifi. Both of us are typing blogs…

I had previously considered my blog a travel blog. It held the thoughts that came to mind after every unique experience I had while traveling in Asia.I had to quickly write them down or I would…

When we woke up the next morning it was raining, so we stayed in our tents and drifted off to sleep again. We were worn out from the day before, and the rain just gave us an excuse to sleep a little…

Written by Kelly Patterson for http://www.blog.couchsurfing.com. In case it is not clear by now, there is not much “nightlife” out here in Homer, Alaska, save for really bad costume karaoke, playing…

Alaska’s Crow Pass Trail Part 1 – Glaciers, rivers, and mountains I destroyed my legs this weekend. Absolutely tore them to shreds. I used one excursion point (we have 18 of them to spend on…

My Parents just left Alaska. They were here for a week and it was a busy one. They didn’t make too many plans, which turned out to be just fine since my week ended up being pretty open. A lot of…

The moon rises here are one of the most beautiful things I have ever seen. Both taken from my backyard

After two weeks of living, working, and spending my free time with the people here at the collective, I needed to take some time off. Part of the group here decided to go across the bay to clear some…

Part of my job with couchsurfing is to write posts for the CouchSurfing collective blog. You can read the stuff I am posting there at http://blog.couchsurfing.com. Everything is going well here, and…

I have arrived in Homer, Alaska and it is everything I thought it could be. More probably. I ended up surfing at a house in Anchorage with my buddy Travis who I climbed with in Ton Sai, Thailand. The…

As you may have noticed, the theme of this blog has changed. I am no longer bouncing around Asia, going to random locations at whim, seeing what I want to see when I want to see it. Alaska puts…

After two weeks of wandering around the east coast of the United States, seeing many of my old friends, I have finalized what I am going to do next. I have been offered the position of Web Content…