Robert L. Hilliker

Moving to Alaska is a lifelong dream of many people. Bob and his wife are two people who acted on their dream.

Bob's life experiences are interesting and varied: running a trapline and panning for gold, learning to fly a 1960 Piper Super Cub, building his own muzzleloaders, surviving several near-death experiences and shooting an aggressive grizzly bear on his front porch.

Bob lives in his log cabin on the East Fork of Dry Creek in the Interior of Alaska with his wife Betty and their Australian Shepherd, Blue. Bob is 90 years old and has lived in the Alaskan bush in the same cabin he and his family built with their own hands more than 40 years ago. Since his cabin has no running water, he and his 86-year-old wife Betty use an outhouse to this day (even when it's negative 60 degrees outside).

Bob and Betty are well-known and loved throughout the Interior of Alaska and have many friends and family throughout the world who are buying his book and sharing it with their friends.