The Stan-Kamps at Half Dome in Yosemite, photo courtesy of Jodi Harskamp. 
Tui and Leif Stanbury looking out over Yosemite, photo courtesy of Jodi Harskamp. 
The retrofitted truck before the accident, photo courtesy of Jodi Harskamp. 
The truck after the accident, photo courtesy of Jodi Harskamp. 
Tui Stanbury with a giant pinecone, photo courtesy of Jodi Harskamp. 
Leif and Tui Stanbury on a giant redwood, photo courtesy of Jodi Harskamp.
When Alaska Airlines Captain Jodi Harskamp took leave due to the pandemic and her children’s school shifted to on-line learning, she and her husband Neal Stanbury decided to take school on the road. In the first episode of this series, I spoke with the Stan-Kamp family after they had toured the parks of the Pacific Northwest and were taking a breather at Jodi’s aunt’s house in Grants Pass, Oregon. In this episode, the Stan-Kamps are leaving Oregon and beginning their journey through California. California has the most state parks and national parks in the United States. However, before they even make it out of Oregon, they encounter trouble.
GUESTS:
Segment 1: Jodi Harskamp and Neal, Tui and Leif Stanbury aka The Stan-Kamps
BROADCAST: Thursday, April 8th, 2021. 10-11 a.m. AKT
REPEAT BROADCAST: Thursday, April 8th, 2021. 8–9 p.m. AKT
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Eric Bork, or you can just call him “Bork” because everybody else does, is the FM Operations Manager for KSKA-FM. He oversees the day-to-day operations of the FM broadcast. He produces and edits episodes of Outdoor Explorer, the Alaska-focused outdoors program. He also maintains the web posts for that show. You may have heard him filling in for Morning Edition or hosting All Things Considered and can still find him operating the soundboard for any of the live broadcast programs.
After escaping the Detroit area when he was 18, Bork made it up to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, where he earned a degree in Communications/Radio Broadcasting from Northern Michigan University. He spent time managing the college radio station, working for the local NPR affiliate, and then in top 40 radio in Michigan before coming to Alaska to work his first few summers. After then moving to Chicago, it only took five years to convince him to move back to Alaska in 2010. When not involved in great radio programming he’s probably riding a bicycle, thinking about riding bicycles, dreaming about bikes, reading a book, or planning the next place he’ll travel to. Only two continents left to conquer!
