The following is an advertisement paid for by Credit Union 1 Alaska. Alaska has a mere 5,000 miles of paved roadway in the entire state, and who knows how many more in the form of dirt/mud/rock surfaces. If you’ve ever taken it to the streets of the Last Frontier, you know well the forces of […]
This is a post sponsored by Neutrogena, a leader in skin care and protection. Skin cancer was not on the radar of my parents when I was a kid growing up in the 1970s. The application of ‘suntan’ lotion was designed to increase the sun-browned look many people equated with healthy children. Imagine. Fast-forward to […]
Every morning, when I step outside to fetch the newspaper from my front shrubbery, I hear them. Birds making noise. A multitude of chirps, squawks, and chortles that wake me up and remind our household that spring has indeed finally arrived again in Alaska. Our home in Anchorage sits several miles from the muddy, silty […]
This is a sponsored post on behalf of AAA Alaska and Washington. As my son, now 12, begins a new journey into adolesence (may the good lord help me), he leans in to the idea of more independence. It’s a good thing, because he’s growing up and making strides to explore sections of Alaska that […]
In 1989, the framework of coastal Alaska was changed forever when an oil tanker crashed into Bligh Reef just miles from the small town of Valdez, Alaska. Pristine shoreline became a gooky, oily mess after the innards of the Exxon Valdez poured out to lie atop the saltwater of Prince William Sound. Life was never […]
*Now a word from AKontheGO sponsor business, Babylon Language Institute. Don’t let the fancy name fool you. Babylon Language Institute is about as fun as they come when talking about day camps for kids age 6-12. Co-owner Tyler Schlagenhauf, an educator and one-half of the teacher duo operating the institute, was confident the name would […]
Note: This is, according to AK Kid, a super-important thing, and I should make sure I let you all know about it. So I am, thanks to the Minecraft Superleaguers… It may be hard for parents to think of computer video games as educational, but Super League Gaming is bringing the educational benefits of Minecraft […]