United States travel stories

David Likins, Coffee With A Gold Miner

http://www.freelock.com/ I admit it. I am a coffee snob. After two years in Seattle, the thought of drinking instant coffee, or anything from a can makes me shudder. So when the crustiest, meanest...

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The Fortymile River: Wilderness Gold

http://www.freelock.com/ The thrumming sound of a generator filled the otherwise wild valley with the presence of man. As our three canoes drifted lazily around another bend, the noise ceased. For...

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Rain and Butterscotch Schnapps

http://www.freelock.com/ The river no longer looked smooth and gentle. The view from the pinnacle aroused my concerns for our party. Here we were, fifteen miles from the nearest road, beginners ca...

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Togiak Herring

http://www.freelock.com/ Friday, May 10, 1996. The cannery is quiet, empty. The 1996 Togiak Herring fishery is over, and everyone has gone home. Except for the four of us. We still have 3,000 fish...

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Denali Climb

http://www.freelock.com/ It was summer in Talkeetna when Doug Geeting hustled us aboard his Cessna 185 on skis, the morning of Tuesday, May 17, 1994. It was winter when we landed, 7100' up the...

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