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90 Miles from the Canadian Border on the Alaska HIghway

Baked Eggs Lasagna | Jun 1st, 2013

I am merely a foodie wannabe so bear with me. Experimented in the kitchen this morning with baked eggs. Called it “Baked Eggs Lasagna” to make it sound enticing to a 6 year old. She loves lasagna and gobbled this up even though it didn’t have any pasta layers. Make...

Posted by alizapilar on Dec 4th, 2012 in Cold Weather Tips, Featured | 5 comments

Driving in -51 degrees in Tok Alaska

In Tok, when the weather drops below – 45 degrees, everything around you really starts to get surreal. Tires freeze, all car fluids including oil, brake and steering fluid freezes into thick gluey...

Posted by alizapilar on Oct 29th, 2012 in Cold Weather Tips | 0 comments

Frost in the Window – on the I...

Another sign of winter in Tok… Any solution you know of? Other than move to...

Posted by alizapilar on Oct 26th, 2012 in Cold Weather Tips, Featured | 0 comments

-22.8 F in Tok. Feels like -23.

So does that -.2 degree difference really make a...

Posted by alizapilar on Aug 27th, 2012 in Featured, Tok Bits | 5 comments

End of Summer

So here’s an end of roaming On eves when autumn nighs: The ear too fondly listens For summer’s parting sighs, And then the heart replies. –AE Housman, XXXIX (from Last Poems) They say you...

Posted by alizapilar on Aug 25th, 2012 in Alaska Happenings | 0 comments

Scenes from the Deltana Fair & ...

blinding late summer sun, melty stream of cotton candy in your mouth, dust kicking up from sandaled feet. music, voices, a siren call to toss rings over plastic ducks, and try your luck. Empty handed, tugging...

Posted by alizapilar on Aug 23rd, 2012 in Featured, Tok Bits | 2 comments

Scenes on the Tok Cutoff

The Tok Cutoff is a highway in the U.S. state of Alaska, running 125 miles (201 km) from Gakona Junction on the Richardson Highway, 14 miles (23 km) north of Glenallen, to Tok on the Alaska Highway. The...

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