After driving back and forth through the parking lot at Lowe’s and marveling at exactly how many black pickup trucks there were, I spotted it.  A black truck with a canopy, full to the brim, and balloons tied to the rack.  The Hope Truck!  It was great fun meeting up with Hope, and…..Mr. Hope. And [...]

As many of you know, Mudflatter yukonbushgrma has an unfortunate ringside seat to this year’s unprecedented flooding of the Yukon, which devastated the community of Eagle.  Here is her report from the scene and some unbelievable photos of how everything looks today.  Fortunately all the people managed to get out of their homes and there [...]

The Red Cross in Fairbanks is helping flood victims in the Interior.  Anyone who is interested and wants to do something for those in Eagle, and the Tanana area is encouraged by the Red Cross to send “comfort kits” composed of toiletry items such as: shampoo, soap, wash cloths, etc.  Remember, those flat-rate boxes from the [...]