- Karmen

Alaska Is...

                  Alaska is something you’ll never forget.  Alaska is where the mountains and earth shake with laughter.  Alaska is where the animals can share the land.  Alaska is beautiful.  Alaska is big.  Alaska is where the wilderness is never tamed.  Alaska is far from where I’ve been.  Alaska is something you can’t just take a picture of…you have ot live Alaska.  Alaska is where you find yourself.  But Alaska is the one place I will remember always.  Alaska is not measured by tourism or oil…it is measured by the will to explore and have fun.

Final Reflections

I’ll tell you the truth about Alaska.  It’s not what you think, and not what I first expected.  We got here at three in the morning Alaska time, and I expected there to be patches of snow blotting the ground and for the sun to be set.  Instead, there was no snow and the sun was just hidden among the clouds. I thought to myself,  “How am I going to sleep in all this light?” That’s how it all started.  I’ve made more memories in just these 23 days than I could have in a lifetime.  I feel that I’m very fortunate to have come here and sad that I’m leaving.  But the one thing that I’ll always remember is the feeling of standing on top of Mt. Healy and thinking, “I’ve come this far for something so beautiful.”  So, I guess this is goodbye, Alaska, and until next we meet again.