She’s just about the most #RockHot person to write about because she’s so darn easy to tease; yet, she is always right there to volunteer, say yes, support you, send a hug, be happy, and share a good yarn or three from all the way up in the darn middle of Nowheresville, Alaska.
I kid you not; this single mom, I call AL because her name is too long to tweet, has a herd of kids (well, maybe three). She’s the face of Pioneer Outfitters in the heart of Alaska where there’s no road or airport. They have to fly their own little planes, until they blow up (not kidding). They have horse trails, and the mail gets dropped from a bi-plane like every two weeks (kidding)
Have you met Amber-Lee Dibble?
You may know her as Alaska Chick, Pioneer Outfitters’ blogger extraordinaire, or Girly Grizzly; I think she answers to all three with a guffaw every time. Ask her why she has so many brands, and she’ll tell you to ask me.
Well, all kidding aside, AL has written for The Happy Friday series none other than three times! Apparently, she’s really happy, or she keeps writing about it to tell herself she is!
Should I put all kidding aside for a sec? (Hard to do; that’s why I said a sec.)
Amber-Lee Dibble
She’s the most loyal friend you’ll ever meet. She will always help someone down and out. She will write a guest post for you whenever one is needed, and she never puts on airs suggesting she knows something when she doesn’t. She is so transparent and vulnerable which both make her the sweetest candy on Earth (because she lives in another part of the Milky Way, uhmm, maybe she’s a bit salty up and over there).
Why I love AL is because of all this and more.
The more is so astonishing because she’s a woman of the wilderness with a hot temper who wears pink all day long. Pink riding gear on horseback, pink galoshes and boots, probably pink panties, too. She sticks out like a sore thumb with all that snow up there, and I’m sure the grizzly bears are afraid of her, too.
No, seriously, she is kick ass in the wilderness communing with Mother Nature and the 30 below temperatures. She is a trainer of wilderness guides, a big game guide and a survivalist (I just made that up; AL, are you one of those, too?)
The really funny thing that makes me happy about this post today is that AL is like six hours behind me; so she’ll be in the middle of R.E.M. when we go live without her. So, anyone want to banter a bit in comments about AL before she wakes up and grabs some Joe?
Thanks, Amber-Lee Dibble, for being part of this #RockHot community and contributing so many times to this series. I certainly would not have gotten this off the ground without your help. Much love and warmth to you and your Alaska family.
Happy Thanksgiving; we have much to be thankful for. I am thankful I have such a good sport friend who allows me to poke a little at her; but who’s to know if that’s really true? We’ll see in about six hours!
Jayme, this is priceless. I laughed all the way through and I shared before I read it, saying we had a few hours before she’s up and has that constant pot of coffee on…LOL..
I just yell Hey Chickie at her, maybe because my initials are really A.L.
Love this girl bunches and hugs. Did you know she has a Gazillion hats too??
Now I need to pop back and tag a few peeps to see if we can get them over here for a Friday Happy Roast!
I always love meeting new cool people…will definitely seek out Amber on the interwebs…
Hey I like any lady with a hot temper.
#RockinHot AL. Great tribute to a great gal. Cheers! Kaarina
jennwhinnem Yeah, I think that’s b/c it burns pink.
rosemaryoneill If you hit one of her links I put up there to her site and blog, you will literally spend hours reading about Alaska and looking at the scenery. And, she’s become quite the video production artist. She’ll soon be graduating to Vimeo; hey AL, do you know what that is? Heh
equuisdancer22 Like she wears a gazillion hats, or she has lots of skills that are the hats? OK, it’s probably a combo of both and we’re not gonna share that with anyone, ‘cuz we don’t want her to know she’s like really a smarty pink pants.
Amber-Lee is a keeper friend. Met her when I was active in the Rockstars Tribe on Triberr. I knew back then that she was someone special!
BetsyKCross Agree!! AL, wake up to your fanfare!
She should be waking up any minute!
Soulati | Hybrid PR I would hope so or we’re going to have to start telling secrets about her!
This is just too much! This AL can’t be the same one I’m thinking of! I’ve been waiting at least 6 months for her to write a guest blog for my website! All kidding aside I concur with everything Jayme wrote! From our first conversation on she’s been nothing but encouraging and helpful to me and my ittybitty little company! We don’t have enough Ambers in the world!
Jayme, you do make me laugh. Here’s one thing I know for sure. My future contains a trip through that beautiful wilderness with AL.
WHO does not LOVE Amber-Lee? AMAZING write up Soulati – Amber-Lee is one hell of an amazing woman and she’s brilliant at so many things! I giggled all the way through this .. I am a huge fan and my next adventure HAS to be Chisana … I need to go see it and give her a crazy big hug and probably a spank for all the times she’s given me schtick! 🙂
Ameena Gorton Soulati Love it, Ameena! Great having you over, and yep, a spank on her pink spanks (I bet you top $$ she has no idea what Spanks are!!!).
I think she’s still sleeping, or breeding horses or something. Heh
Sharon Gilmour Glover Well, you got the right chick in mind. AL is the #RockHot big game, coffee-loving, mamasita wilderness guide. You have to be really fit as a fiddle, ‘cuz she’ll put you through her machinations. That’s what I’ve heard anyway!
BrianWrabley Brian, I think you should join forces — you should hire AL to be your marketer of your Western excursions; I mean she wears a cowboy hat and boots, right?
Ameena Gorton Soulati LOL!! You’ll have to catch me on the horse I put you on first, Ameena! Sheesh.
Soulati | Hybrid PR Ameena Gorton Soulati Ha! You’d be wrong! I know what Spanks are! LOL, we DO have Internet ya know… I also know that they are NOT comfortable to ride in! LOL
Sharon Gilmour Glover YOU, however, will be treated as a visiting Dignitary, Sharon! LOL, ~ Not like those two!
BrianWrabley GASP! (OMG) Umm….LOL, I forgot. Yes, I forgot. See, this Chicago chick has me so stressed out over branding….
Brian, thank you so much for being here! LOL, I’ll get on it!
equuisdancer22 Soulati | Hybrid PR YOU, ANN ~ Shush! LOL
OKok. I slept in this morning ~ for the first time in like FOREVER ~ and look what happens! LOL, I can’t stop grinning Ann ~ can you believe this??
BetsyKCross Blue Footed Boobies, all!
KDillabough Pretty awesome, eh? I am literally surrounded by the best of the best ~ Sounds like a champion team, right Kaarina? You guys. I hope you realize…
jennwhinnem Ha! Takes one to really and fully appreciate one, Jenn! I’m surrounded by boys and men ~ what can one expect? (Who at least once a month I hear these words from “What’s a blog post?” ~See?)
Soulati | Hybrid PR jennwhinnem Mine tends to be vampire white.
rosemaryoneill Me too!! Hi, Rosemary!! (Is that right?) I’ll hunt you up too! You sure landed in a great spot!
Soulati | Hybrid PR rosemaryoneill Vimeo is so HARD…. (Yes, I was whining!) I did a Vimeo video- well, it was more of a slide show- for winter excursions and such…. Just sayin’. Hey! I listen!!
equuisdancer22 Me too!! I am so happy and so humbled and just so …. I can’t even come up with words to describe how it feels to wake up to this. I am so honored, Ann (Jayme). Ok, I may just begin to leak a bit from the eyeballs.
Ha! You should see the hats that are packed!
Soulati | Hybrid PR equuisdancer22 (snickering.) Yeah, it’s a pretty well kept secret around here too!
AlaskaChickBlog equuisdancer22 Soulati | Hybrid PR Well Holy Shiznit!! She’s here!! Honest, I was going to call your house number..but I thought you’d so kill me somewhere with a payback..LOL. Yipee I’m really double glad I didn’t cause you really slept in!!! I was about to tell thee secret about stiletto heels though. 😀
AlaskaChickBlog Sharon Gilmour Glover Yeah and she’s in Canada.
AlaskaChickBlog BrianWrabley OMGosh. Hilarious.
AlaskaChickBlog Awww..It really was sooo hard not to give you a holler, honest! When Jayme tagged me I wanted you UP right then, I was excited for you..lol. So much fun for her to surprise you. You may leak..hehhehe……
I expect to see every one of those hats in the Campfire Chats
AlaskaChickBlog rosemaryoneill You can call her Roho, AL.
equuisdancer22 AlaskaChickBlog OHNO, TMI — you may leak? Or was that a typo? I don’t wanna know.
Soulati | Hybrid PR equuisdancer22 AlaskaChickBlog *Snort..she leaks every once in awhile Jayme. I think she’s been due for a drip..LOL. You guys are going to Ban me..*Snickort..
Oh, Jayme!! Ms. #RockHot, herself!!
I can’t even say what this means to me- the post, is awesome ~ funny, sweet and great, but the fact that you would write something like this is such a beautiful, bright, positive dose of love ~ thank you, with all my heart. What an incredible honor you have bestowed on me.
Ok. Here we go. I live in Chisana, Alaska in our largest National Park ~ The Wrangell-St. Elias National Park. I have two children, who by some twist of giggling fate are brilliant ~ so it is easy to forget that there are only two of them!! (LOL, My son is 15- yesterday! and my Chick-let is 6 going on 24!)
GASP! Well, technically speaking, the dang things aren’t SUPPOSED to blow up! And by the by, we actually get mail delivered twice a week! LOL, although it did used to be once a month! Ha!
Oh! You! YOU happen to be the ONLY one who calls out to GirlyGrizzly!! Sheesh!
I am a Big Game Guide, Webmaster for Pioneer Outfitters, Wilderness Horseback Guide, Alaska Big Game Guide Trainer, Author, Physical Trainer and yes, Survivalist!! The Grizzly bears are almost as afraid of me as the trainees and I just finished a Campfire Chat about Alaska-Yukon Moose, in which I actually grunt and cow call fro the world’s amusement!
Thank you. I am honored.What a beautiful tribute and Thanksgiving blessing. Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours, Jayme and I wish for you all, yours across the board and world, happiness like you have given me here this morning.
xxoo
Soulati | Hybrid PR AlaskaChickBlog Sharon Gilmour Glover I am NOT!! (No offense, darling Kaarina!)
Soulati | Hybrid PR equuisdancer22 Cry. Cry, you goose!
AlaskaChickBlog Soulati | Hybrid PR make sure you wipe and blow then..Oh Gosh..Ok I knew what you meant..LOL..now I’ll behave..maybe!
AlaskaChickBlog rosemaryoneill Yes I’m loving SC! And pay no attention to Jayme’s weird nickname for me…lol
rosemaryoneill ~ Oh, Rosemary…Ha! I am da- Queen of nicknames! South Carolina?! Lord girl, it was -45*F two nights ago here!
Survivalist? No roads or airstrip and you can only communicate by smoke signals..sounds like she qualifies to me…
Amber-Lee is the real deal, one of these days I’m going to drop in on her…like the mail…in my Speedo…
Thanks for sharing her w/ us.
Amber always inspires, and if you’re chilly, she always has a roaring fire to reflect about the journey to date and dream about the awesome things to come.
Thank you for being you, Amber – it’s really a pleasure to be connected, and on this journey with you.
A big CHEERS to Alaska and her beautiful people : )
Soulati | Hybrid PR Sharon Gilmour Glover I’m working on the fit as a fiddle part as we speak and planning to get back on a horse this spring. I would love to join Amber next summer but we’ll see how that rolls out. I’m looking forward to being treated like a visiting Dignitary!!!
AlaskaChickBlog Sharon Gilmour Glover Thank you Amber!!! I am looking forward to it!!!
Omg it’s that visual again. Just when I thought I was healing… BAM!
Sheesh. Was this am invitation to tell your life story. I mean I already put a link to About YOU upstairs!
XOXO loves to you Girlie!
Soulati | Hybrid PR OMG!! I will probably pee myself laughing!! Ya know, it would take some pretty big dangles to strip down in Tok to his Speedo and get on the airplane like that…. and that always ASSUMES that 40-Mile’s pilot lets him! LOL!!
Ka-BOOM!
Mark_Harai YOU, my friend have stuck by me, helped me, taught me and been right there to give me a virtual hug whenever one is needed… Is this (the post, yes, but the absolute idea of it- the most beautiful thing?) not the coolest thing ever written? LOL, I slept in, for the first time in years, actually, and woke up to this!! Ah, Mark.. You, Jayme and so many good-good folks have made me so much more than I ever was before I had you all in my life. That’s all.
AlaskaChickBlog Mark_Harai The feelings are mutual, Amber… You are one cool chick! Thanks for sharing your heart through your work online… It’s cool to ‘feel’ your work – awesomeness, miss! : )