Episode 88: Kevin Neff – Traveling off of a Napkin in Central America and other assorted Alaska Bush Tales

Posted on October 9, 2025October 9, 2025 by tenminutetravels

The Tale of the Tarpon

Episode 88

From Guatemala to Katmai

We invite a long-time friend to talk about a range of subjects that includes hand-drawn maps, scammers, pyramids, caving, local buses and fly-fishing waiters in Central America. Then we’ll head back to Alaska, where Kevin has lots of back country experience doing remote construction work. He’s lived on windy mountaintops building cell towers and experienced a National Park where for months at a time, the only humans were those in his work crew.

In this episode, Kevin talks of last minute fishing plan on a jungle river.

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Episode 77: Tia Shoemaker: Raised in the Alaska Bush – First Solo Flight and a Giggle

Posted on June 23, 2025June 23, 2025 by tenminutetravels

First Solo Flight and a Giggle

Episode 77

Raised in the Alaska Bush

“Hard work, low pay.” So read a classified ad that Phil’s dad handed him years ago. Phil somehow passed the interview process and found himself employed as a packer on the Alaska Peninsula. There he met our guest, Tia Shoemaker for the first time. Tia joins us to talk about growing up in Bush Alaska, twice-yearly trips to the grocery store, jammed rifles, smoking airplane engines, thoughts on pink camo and three clean jokes.

Bush Alaska and airplanes go hand in hand. Tia recants her first solo flight and how important it is to aviate, navigate and communicate in that order.

Tia talks about her toolkit and when challenged, pulls out three clean jokes faster than one can jack rounds through a bolt-action rifle.