Alaska Life

We lived in a remote Alaska cabin with no road access. What felt impossible at first turned into one of the most freeing seasons of our lives.

Readers often ask what life was really like when we lived in the Alaskan bush. Over the years I’ve answered these questions hundreds of times at book clubs, events, and online. Here are the ten questions I’m asked most often — and the honest answers from our years living off-grid near the Yentna River. 1. Why did you decide to move to Alaska? This is probably the question we’ve been asked more than any other, and when I began writing Follow Me to Alaska I knew I couldn’t a