Feb 23, 2016 | Alaska
My next talks are at Saguaro National Park–I give four in two days. Saguaro is a wonderful place east and west of Tucson (now a huge city). The Eastern park was the original one but the cactus were dying off so the western addition was added in 1961 by...Feb 13, 2016 | Alaska
Next stop is Death Valley. This is the best time of year to visit–January, February and March where it’s a cool 65. I was here in October right after the floods which devastated Scotty’s Castle. The highest officially recorded temperatures ever...Sep 5, 2015 | Alaska
My first stop was Prairie Creek Visitors Center–built by the CCC in 1934-5 and featured on my new “See America” Redwoods National and State Parks poster. I gave a talk at the amphitheater below: Sequoia/Kings Canyon (General Grant) was...Sep 5, 2015 | Alaska
The roof is on–I ordered 81 sheets needing 80 but thought that one extra would be a good idea….in case of damage, so to speak. Sure enough, the top sheet was damaged, but guess what? They only shipped 80. They gladly shipped another sheet up to me (this...Jun 12, 2015 | Alaska
The first job is to assemble all the parts–ultimately fastened with wooden “trunnels” or tree nails. They’re 7/8″ diameter hand carved oak dowels, 8″ long. The deck is not fastened–we’ll do that this fall when the lumber...Jun 7, 2015 | Alaska
Our warehouse and gazebo are full of boats–no place to store them–so it’s time to build a traditional Norwegian boat-shed, called a Naust. Looking in the opposite direction you have one of the most beautiful little sloughs in Alaska and a perfect...