Author Archives: Jay Moyes

Do you know how much the aurora borealis weighs? Not much… because it’s pretty light. Ha ha. This post is dedicated to those breathtaking northern lights — the ones that made the long Alaska nights feel like something out of a dream.All of these pictures are mine, and the best ones were taken at RaftContinue reading “I Saw The Light”

August had a different feel to it… like the season itself was exhaling. The long golden evenings were starting to slip away, replaced by a subtle crispness in the air that you could feel in your lungs first thing in the morning. The light changed too… softer, shorter, a quiet reminder that summer in AlaskaContinue reading “The End of a Wild Alaskan Summer”

It was a perfect afternoon at raft camp… clear skies, warm air, the kind of day where everything just feels right. I was out on the airstrip messing around with this old boomerang I had found on campus. It was weathered, warped, and honestly didn’t work very well… but I was determined to catch it.Continue reading “Trouble In Paradise”

We finally had some time off, and instead of me sitting around camp, I decided to go explore deeper into the Alaskan interior with friends. So me, Adelaide, Christina, and Bearshark piled in and made the drive about two hours east of Fairbanks, heading out toward the small, rugged area of Delta Junction. Our destination…Continue reading “Castner Ice Cave”

June in Alaska is something else… the days stretch longer, the sun lingers forever and everything feels like it’s turning up a notch. I’ve made so many new friends that it feels like we’re all part of one giant, wild Alaskan family. Every night is a party. In the cook shack, the place where everyoneContinue reading “Getting Wild At The Wildest Place On The Planet!”

Flying from Anchorage up to Fairbanks… this was the moment it really started to sink in. You look out the window and it’s just… white. Endless white. Not like the Rockies, not like anything I’d seen before. This is the Alaska Range stretched out below you, completely buried in snow and ice, like the landContinue reading “That Thing That Changes Your Life Forever….Alaska!”

There are places in the desert that feel open and endless… and then there are places that pull you in close. Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument does both better than anywhere I’ve been. It’s probably my favorite stretch of Utah… not because it’s the biggest or the most famous, but because it feels like you haveContinue reading “Slot Canyons and Calf Creek Falls”