Imagine a place where you wait for caribou to cross the path so you can continue your commute to work, where you must start your airplane at thirty below to return from a weekend at your cabin, and where you must unravel mixed communications across language and cultural barriers. This lighthearted collection of personal experiences of life in rural Alaska transports you to a place that, while in many ways beyond imagination, is startlingly real. In a place where just getting the mail becomes a challenge against weather and tides, where going to the grocery store means taking an airplane or boat, and a school closet is the best available housing alternative, the author lived and flourished for nine years. Intriguing stories, delicious meals, and real-life challenges make up these Alaskan adventures, and readers will find themselves being drawn in to make these experiences their own.