Mudhole

VAIL, Colorado - Landing at the Merle K. "Mudhole" Smith Airport in Cordova, Alaska is the first step in being integrated into the natural flow of things in this part of the world.

Vail Daily - Top Stories Chris Anthony Special to the Daily Vail 2010

The red run petered out the third week of August and George Perry flew into Mudhole Smith Airport to fly Kate and Johnny back to the Park.

A Taint in the Blood Stabenow, Dana 2004

Thus, Mudhole was at once a natural wonder and an appalling pigsty.

Flint, the King Kirchoff, Mary 2003

In his new, official, and royally appointed capacity as Mudhole's Best Cook and Chief Shaman (the longest, and therefore most important title in Mudhole) Nomscul had sorely neglected his duty when he forgot to light the cooking fire until the feast was well underway, a fact which had slowed the cooking of the meat significantly.

Flint, the King Kirchoff, Mary 2003

Neither he nor Per - ian had yet visited this part of Mudhole, and he wanted to make sure they could find their way out again.

Flint, the King Kirchoff, Mary 2003

"Past bedrooms of Aghar - lots of Aghar in Mudhole!"

Flint, the King Kirchoff, Mary 2003

Turning to Nomscul, she asked, "How many ways out of Mudhole are there?"

Flint, the King Kirchoff, Mary 2003

She nuzzled him for the first time since they had left Mudhole.

Flint, the King Kirchoff, Mary 2003

The three hundred gully dwarves that inhabited Mudhole were broken down into family units; they lived in the ends of abandoned, dead-end shafts, but shared the four natural caverns as common space.

Flint, the King Kirchoff, Mary 2003

Unlike virtually every other type of dwarf known to Flint and Perian, the gully dwarves of Mudhole actually liked the water.

Flint, the King Kirchoff, Mary 2003