When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Go Boating! by Jeff Varvil
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As spring boating season gains momentum throughout United States boaters everywhere are gearing up for some tough battles. High gas and insurance prices combined with high unemployment rates is not a great recipe for a boaters market. Or is it? “That’s [...]

Fish, Fur and Film by Jeff Varvil
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In 1867 at the urging of Secretary of State William Seward, the United States paid $7,200,000 or about 1.9 cents per acre for the Alaska territory. We, (like I was there), purchased 586 thousand square miles of the modern state of Alaska. That’s a big number; it’s like, [...]

The Long Days of Winter by Jeff Varvil
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Old man winter has a firm grip on Alaska this year. With most of South Central Alaska experiencing below zero temperatures over much of the state I am inclined to ride out the worst of it in my lazy boy, reminiscing about the big one that got [...]

Roadside Family Rafting Opportunities Abound in Alaska by Jeff Varvil
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Alaska’s roadside rivers offer the whole family a way of escaping into “Wilderness Alaska” on a small family budget. Most of these rivers are within a two-hour drive of Anchorage or Fairbanks. Alaskans are truly fortunate to have pristine flowing rivers in our backyard. Most [...]

Jump Into Fishing by Jeff Varvil
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As an Alaskan sportsman I have been blessed with many opportunities that quite frankly no other state could even begin to offer me. Even my miserable failures have been an opportunity to learn how to do things differently next time. Everything in life is an opportunity, that’s the way [...]

Kings and Calm on the Aniak by Jeff Varvil
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Southwest Alaska stands out. It stands out among even the most beautiful, the most rugged, the most pristine areas in the world. It stands out even in Alaska, the Greatland, a state brimming with the beautiful, a state bursting with the pristine.
Completing one [...]