Welcome to my travel blog begun in 2004 when I spent 6 months in Antarctica. At the top of this page you can also access my publishing company Ranger Doug’s Enterprises or jump directly on board my 1899 tugboat, Katahdin, currently under its second restoration. Directly to the right is an archive which now contains about 250 posts ranging from Barrow Alaska to the South Pole so scroll away and enjoy!
Latest Blog Posts
Amtraking to Tucson
King Street Station, once the hallmark of South Seattle is now dwarfed by two massive sports stadiums and tall buildings that would be the envy of Batman. I've always been a train buff and can still recall distinctly the whistle blowing from the 1950's E7 trains that...
Abercrombie’s Ranch
When I was little, my mamma always reminded me that I had an uncle out west with a ranch. When you're young, you don't pay attention and as I grew older, I had always assumed that this uncle and his ranch was a simple two-acre hardscrabble plot somewhere in Nebraska...
Tow Winches, Pig Wars, and Butte Montana
The 52 year old Alaska ferry Columbia nudges into Petersburg's dock at 9:45pm Tuesday evening. To make the trip to Bellingham, it needs to capture two narrow passages at slack high tides: one here in the Wrangell Narrows and a second at the Seymour Narrows near Port...
Totland is (reluctantly) For Sale–by owner
I searched for years to find this ideal piece of property and now, after 20 years living here, it's time to sell. The property is ten acres in three parcels in Alaska's smallest city of Kupreanof (population 23). A slough winds behind the house--or conversely--a...