Ken Ilgunas
Oct 4, 2012
Day 21: The Ogre and the Leprechaun
Thank the lord for good feet! This is what I’ve been saying aloud, jubilantly, for the past three days. Finally, I’ve been able to put...
Ken Ilgunas
Oct 1, 2012
Day 17: Oyen, Alberta
As I sat on a toilet seat in the boys restroom at a public school in Consort, Alberta, I thought for the first time that I might fail to...
Ken Ilgunas
Sep 27, 2012
Day 14: Consort, AB
The Alberta prairie is not as flat as one might suspect. The prarie, rather, can be furrowed, and hilly, and cloud-like, dotted will lake...
Ken Ilgunas
Sep 24, 2012
Day 10?: Hardisty!
When leaves fall on my tent at night and scrap against the fabric, I wake up terrified, thinking someone is unzipping my door and trying...
Ken Ilgunas
Sep 22, 2012
Day 7: The Tar Sands of Alberta
My goal: To walk 1,700 miles from Hardisty, Alberta to the Gulf Coast of Texas. The route is significant because it is the path of the...
Ken Ilgunas
Sep 18, 2012
Days 3 & 4: Canada!!!
I was sleeping in the Lewis and Clark National Forest south of Great Falls, Montana, and I was having the same dream over and over again....
Ken Ilgunas
Sep 17, 2012
Days 1 & 2
I’m on the road, headed to Canada. After three hours of sleep, I woke at 6 am, walked to a bus stop, and commenced my 1,500-mile journey...
Ken Ilgunas
Sep 14, 2012
The journey begins
Last night, while watching the Bears-Packers game with Josh and his wife Amelia, we were all startled by what sounded like someone...
Ken Ilgunas
Sep 7, 2012
A comedy of errors: My plan to walk 2,000 miles with a broken toe
So far, this trip has been an absolute disaster. And it hasn’t even begun. Although I’ve only just mentioned my intentions to hike 2,000...
Ken Ilgunas
Sep 4, 2012
Planning an adventure
It’s the season for change, it seems. After a month in Alaska, I flew back to Denver to be the best man at my friend Josh’s wedding. I’ve...
Ken Ilgunas
Aug 1, 2012
Voyageur videos
After going through all of my photos from the 2007 voyageur expedition across Ontario, Canada, I thought I’d share some of the video...
Ken Ilgunas
Jul 31, 2012
Le Voyageur
I was once a voyageur. It all started at the 2006 Alaska Tourism Convention in Valdez. I’d been working at Coldfoot Camp at the time, and...
Ken Ilgunas
Jul 28, 2012
7 observations from the Stampede Trail
In June 2011, my friend Josh Spice and I went on a pilgrimage to the “Magic Bus” of the Stampede Trail made famous in the book and film,...
Ken Ilgunas
Jul 22, 2012
Truck-dwelling at the University of Alaska at Fairbanks
For reasons I don’t want to go into, I’ve been living in a truck in a campus parking lot at the University of Alaska at Fairbanks for the...