Moon San Juan Islands (Seventh Edition)

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Don Pitcher’s love of travel may have stemmed from his childhood, marked by frequent moves across six states and two dozen East Coast and Midwestern towns by the age of 15. He pursued higher education in the West, earning a master’s degree from the University of California, Berkeley, where he focused on wildfires in Sequoia National Park’s high-elevation forests.

Shortly after graduate school, Don secured a coveted position conducting fire research in Alaska’s Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, involving helicopter travel across the park’s vast expanse. Drawn to wild places, he spent the next fifteen years building backcountry trails, working as a wilderness ranger, mapping grizzly habitat, and operating salmon weirs, all in an effort to avoid office work. Following his first season in Alaska, a three-month trip to the South Pacific ignited a passion for travel. His explorations have since led him to thirty-five countries and all fifty states.

Don is the author of Moon Anchorage, Denali & the Kenai Peninsula and Moon San Juan Islands. He served as editor for Best Places Alaska. Don’s photos have been featured in numerous publications and advertisements, and his fine art prints are sold in galleries across Alaska and Washington.

Don resides in Homer, Alaska, with his wife, Karen Shemet, and their children, Aziza and Rio. In addition to his writing and photography, he works as a wedding photographer and volunteer radio DJ.

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