- Matt

Alaska Is...

            Alaska is a place where you should put at the top of your to-do list.  A place of wonder and beautiful that just stretches on for miles, so much it looks like a picture.  It seems to have it all: the scenery, animals, and still the frontier look.  As long as we continue to respect the land Alaska will keep its beauty for years to come.  So to all who are making the list of places to go put Alaska at the top, for it is a land that will give you its many looks and they are all stunning.

Final Reflections

Starting off the trip is always rocky, because no one really knows each other.  It starts quiet but as it goes the bond grows until we’re all like family.  This is one of many things I enjoy about the trip, like watching the bonds grow, leadership, taking chances, doing things you believe you couldn’t do, and much more.  I enjoy this trip so much because it’s never the same trip.  Weather is never the same.  I’ve been on cold trips and frying hot trips.  Even the scenery is never the same.  This year I saw snow in Denali, which I’ve never seen before.  Alaska to me is just so beautiful and this trip packs so much in just a short time.  Most people who come here don’t see as much as we do on this trip or stay as long.  I’m grateful that I have come on this trip as many times as I have, because the view may change.  I might see more or less animals, but the thing that will always be the same are the people: the kids, junior leaders, and adults.  Every year we all grow together and make bonds of friendships that are always going to be there.  Once an AGLP member, always an AGLP member.  We’re a family that keeps on growing.