Roaming Alaska

In this episode of Roaming Alaska, we take you on a journey through our unforgettable summer spent building our dream cabin on our new property near the majestic Mt. Denali. From the excitement of breaking ground to the challenges of construction in the rugged Alaskan wilderness, we share the highs, the lows, and the lessons learned along the way. Tune in as we recount our experiences with everything from getting everything on site...

In this episode we give some insight into the wild ride that was 2023.  We had finally built up momentum and were making incredible progress when life blindsided us.  We were still able to pick ourselves up, develop a new plan and we're here to share this with everyone as we get back on track.  

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In today's episode Rachelle and I discuss how we finally made it the cabin site in the winter and all of the challenges.  We also made a trip to the village to Minto for some ice fishing, snaring, and gathering materials.  Come along with us as we continue sharing the way things really are here in the interior of Alaska as we wrap up the winter and head into Spring.

Here's the video of us cutting the trail and wa...

Welcome to Roaming Alaska.  Today, Rachelle and I discuss our decision to build a cabin (our future home).  Rachelle shares the history to the location and why it is so important for her to build there and I share some of the challenges that we've faced so far.  Rachelle also shares the story about the brief bear encounter, her worst fear. 

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Sometimes life just gets in the way of even the best plans.  Shortly after starting our podcast in 2020 our careers were significantly impacted by the pandemic.  Free time was this thing we could only dream of.  But after giving 3 years to others, it's now time for us to get back to being us, to doing the things that make us happy, and to putting our future back on track.  

Living in Alaska is such an incredible oppor...

Welcome to Roaming Alaska. It's David and Rachelle back for episode 4. We would like to thank all of our listeners for joining us on our adventures.

In this episode our luck finally improves, and we double down on our trapline when we have an unexpected trip to the Village of Minto.  Rachelle also reflects on returning the village that she's from.

It's time to start the herb garden and Rachelle and David disc...

Welcome to Roaming Alaska. It's David and Rachelle back for episode 3. Our download numbers are growing fast so we want to thank all of you for taking the time to listen to our adventures. 

In our last episode we talked about how cold it was during the start of our trapping season. We discussed some of the successes and stories that we came away with. 

We mentioned in the previous episode that many of the trails we had our sets ...

In our second episode we discuss getting our trapline out in the midst of our cold snap.  Rachelle shares a little adventure she had, the bruises she received as proof and we talk about what's coming up next for us as we begin looking to the end of winter
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Over the past month we've been working to get our website, www.roamingalaska.com, up and running so our content on the blog and our podcasts have started out...

Just living in Alaska is an adventure all itself. We are just a typical Alaskan family living in a location that can be extremely unforgiving but is also incredibly rewarding and undeniably beautiful. Join us here for stories, podcasts, and videos of our experiences running our trapline, hunting, foraging, rockhounding, boat trips, snow machine excursions, camping in our travel trailer as well as winter tent camping and much more.<...