- Grace

Alaska Is...

                  Alaska is something indescribable, and experience that I have already had at 14 that most people have lived their entire lives without.  I have become closer to people that before the trip I would never have even talked to.  This trip has pushed me and taught me lessons I wouldn’t learn at home like pitching a tent and learning that I really don’t need to straighten my hair every day or how I will never take my bed or shower for granted again.  Although I miss my family and my home, I don’t regret coming at all, and I feel sorry for the people that shoes not to come because they will never see what I have seen, learned what I know now or felt what I have felt.  They may be taking showers every day and sleeping in, but I’m having a great day because every day in Alaska is a great day.

Final Reflections

            This trip has been one of the best experiences of my life.  I will never forget how much I have learned and changed on this trip.  Alaska did push me—I ran six miles without walking or stopping once, and I have never run three straight miles in my life before.  I climbed a mountain, touched a glacier, and saw a while.  Not many people can say that.  One of my absolute favorite parts of the trip was everyone becoming like a family.  We all know each other now and have lived with each other for three weeks.  We have done everything together.  That is the thing I will miss most.  The most important thing I have learned is that I can do anything, no matter what anyone says.  Although I’m homesick, I know about four days after I’m home I will be homesick for Alaska.