He scorned her future as a trained nanny destined to spend her life caring for other people’s children. Yet was his proposal any more enticing? All he wanted was a substitute nanny for his young daughter and nothing more. Deborah found herself wishing the sultry skies of Portugal’s exotic Algarve weren’t wasted on such a cynical widower and a dedicated nanny with stars in her eyes.

    A year later she, three other women and three canoes began a trek down the fifth longest river in North America. This book is the story of their year-long preparations and a day-by-day account of their journey through the Alaskan wilderness. Along with being an exciting adventure tale, it should make a terrific primer for anyone wanting to meet their next challenge in the great outdoors.