About Us and The Lodge
Casey Long, Pilot/Guide
Casey grew up in the Gold Country Foothills of California and graduated from California State University, Chico with a BS in Geology. After a ride in a friend’s private airplane and an influence by an uncle who flew, he received his private pilot’s license in 1987. Flying many types of aircraft around the Pacific Northwest, he found his true passion and that was Bush Flying. In 38 years, Casey has logged over 10,000 hours of flying time. He is a FAA Airline Transport Pilot, and holder of the following certificates: Multi and Single engine land, Single engine sea and instrument airplane.
His passion for Alaska, Bush Flying and Fishing lured him to the Great Land where he continues to share this with his clients. He under goes flight proficiency testing twice a year by a Federal Aviation Administration Examiner.
Our Story
The setting to our lodge sits on private land at Shirley Lake, Alaska, located at the confluence of the Happy and Skwentna Rivers approximately 120 miles Northwest of Anchorage, Alaska (100 miles from the nearest road). While flying over this property for ten years an attraction was made that wouldn’t leave the mind. When the opportunity came to purchase the property and cabins from the original owners, we jumped on it. The thoughts then came up, “Do we keep it for family and friends or share it with the World?” We decided to share this special place with the World, hence the long, hard road to constructing an adventure lodge began. All our lumber to construct our lodge was milled onsite utilizing beetle kill spruce trees. Onsite gravel was used for our concrete foundations. Constructing this special lodge couldn’t have been done without the help of our special team, family and friends. As we complete our lodge, we look forward to building memories for people that will last a lifetime and beyond!
The Lodge
A Handcrafted small log structure built using the surrounding spruce trees by a husband and wife team for the original headquarter site owners Andy and Betty Anderson.
See more at The Lodge Photo Gallery