- Alyssa

Alaska Is...  

        Alaska is amazing. I have never seen mountains or the ocean before, and in Seward and Homer I saw both. Among other firsts, my first plane ride was when we were going to Alaska. My first dive off of the high-dive happened here. Alaska is a place with beauty I have never witnessed and it changes everyone for the better. When you come here you enter a whole other family. At home, people in your grade might never even talk to you. But in Alaska, they will be your best friends. The bonding here is intense and Iíve never felt ecstasy like it. The feeling of standing on top of a mountain with the wind twirling your hair and the rubble of minerals stinging your skin is a triumph that nothing else can compare to. That cheer, ìI feel so good like I knew I wouldî is perfect for everything Alaska is.

Final Reflections

Going to Alaska if probably the best thing I have ever done. No matter who you are you feel like you have family. I was doubting that Alaska would be as good as the past participants said it would be before I left, but now I am sure it is everything I have wanted. First of all, it started at the airport in Chicago. People in my class that I barely knew came to ask me about how I was feeling. We talked for a while, had some laughs, and I thought, “This is good.” That thought has never left me, not even for a second. Nothing compares to the AGLP experience.