Missing Helicopter

I'm getting a ton of traffic here from search engines with "alaska lifeflight helicopter" or such search terms. I'm sorry that I don't have any updates on the missing helicopter that left Cordova yesterday afternoon and hasn't reached Anchorage yet. Here is the link to the local Anchorage newspaper that has been covering the story.

Termination Dust

Much of South Central Alaska, and from what I hear, the interior as well, awoke the last few days to termination dust. For those new to Alaska or looking in from the outside, termination dust is the first dusting of snow on the tops of the mountains. In Anchorage it's most evident on the tops of the Chugach mountains. It not only is a heads up that fall is here, but a sad notification that it won't be long before that snow is everywhere. Compared to most of the state, Anchorage has pretty mild winters as far as temperature and snow fall, but it still gets darker and darker from here on out. There ought to be a Wikipedia article on termination dust, don't you think?

Grayling Stairs, Russian River (Cooper Landing, AK)

A Birth Announcement of Sorts...

The Life Alaska is a concept I’ve had rattling around in my head for years. It started with TheBLBinAK website (now defunct) and came back into light when the explosion of blogs captured me in 2004. If you read my old blog back in the summer of 2005, it was loaded with notes on fishing trips and Alaskan adventures. Blogging had a whole different feel and meaning to me back then. My 16 month hiatus in California gave me a fresh perspective on where I’d like to go not only with blogging but also with the whole digital media realm. Over the next couple of weeks, The Life Alaska will begin to grow, develop and evolve. Other people will become involved…some already know about it and some have yet to discover their participation. My goal is to document digitally what it means to live The Life Alaska by taking sights, sounds, feels, stories, places and people and sharing them with other Alaskans and people around the world. The Life Alaska is a work in progress, not too unlike our lives in Alaska, there's always a transition to be made; seasons, expansion, and the development of our state.