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Where to Stay in Alaska: Hatcher Pass Lodge in Palmer

Jenn
October 16, 2011
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The A-frame cabin resting above the treeline in the Talkeetna Mountains shook each time I rolled over in my bed. To reach my bed, I climbed a wood ladder to the loft and shared an open room with Lyn, one of my traveling companions during our Alaska adventure this summer. Madge, our third musketeer, opted […]

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Postcards from Alaska: Wild and Woolly at the Musk Ox Farm in Palmer

Jenn
September 8, 2011
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Female musk ox at the Musk Ox Farm in Palmer, Alaska, live an average of 20 years while males have a shorter lifespan of 15. Why? Not because females are heartier and healthier but one can say the males are more “bullheaded.” Males, called bulls, typically die from brain damage due to all the headbutting […]