Subsailor
Life is Tough, Stupid makes it Tougher
We have just about a month before we move. When I first moved here, I never thought I would leave but circumstances change and Family is still very important.
I first came here in 1989. I visited for 3 weeks that summer. It was a great vacation and as I was fixing to return to South Carolina, I felt homesickness for the very first time in my life. Mind you, I left home in Michigan to serve the US Navy Submarine Fleet about 13 years prior. I had been to several countries and many states but I was feeling homesick for Alaska. I had only been there for 3 weeks! I told my brother, when I retire from the Service I was moving there. He convinced me I needed to experience it in winter before making a decision like that. So I returned that very winter for 2 weeks at the end of February, 1990. I visited many times from that point, at different times of the year, until I retired in 1995. I went to catch up with Family and Friends in the Midwest for a year and moved to Alaska in summer of 97 and Ive been here since.
I met my Wife here; shes been Alaskan since 1984. We have had a great life together, many adventures and experiences. I have been to many of the villages and all of the large cities. I have met wonderful people from multiple tribes. Truthfully, I have not personally met a bad Alaskan. Our Children grew up here and although they said they didnt want to come back, they keep returning and telling us how they miss this Great Land.
I have hunted, fished, foraged and explored. I have seen beauty and ruggedness, vast empty tundra and deep leg sucking bogs. I have endured endless hordes of mosquitos and no-see-ums, so thick they turn your exposed skin black. I have seen grizzlies, wolves, lynx, moose, caribou, Dall sheep and more out in the bush. Whales, walrus, seals, sealions and others in Alaska's chilling waters.
Alaska, she gets in your blood, your very soul and she grabs you and lets you know how small you are in this World at the same time how wonderful it is. Alyeskas incredible beauty and grandeur; from the heights of majestic Mt. McKinley to the numerous seaside fjords and glaciers. Her colorful and diverse peoples and the many secrets she still holds for each us to find on our own!
I shall surely miss you Alaska! I love the lessons and memories you have provided me. It is with great sadness that I must move on but you will be in my heart always!
I first came here in 1989. I visited for 3 weeks that summer. It was a great vacation and as I was fixing to return to South Carolina, I felt homesickness for the very first time in my life. Mind you, I left home in Michigan to serve the US Navy Submarine Fleet about 13 years prior. I had been to several countries and many states but I was feeling homesick for Alaska. I had only been there for 3 weeks! I told my brother, when I retire from the Service I was moving there. He convinced me I needed to experience it in winter before making a decision like that. So I returned that very winter for 2 weeks at the end of February, 1990. I visited many times from that point, at different times of the year, until I retired in 1995. I went to catch up with Family and Friends in the Midwest for a year and moved to Alaska in summer of 97 and Ive been here since.
I met my Wife here; shes been Alaskan since 1984. We have had a great life together, many adventures and experiences. I have been to many of the villages and all of the large cities. I have met wonderful people from multiple tribes. Truthfully, I have not personally met a bad Alaskan. Our Children grew up here and although they said they didnt want to come back, they keep returning and telling us how they miss this Great Land.
I have hunted, fished, foraged and explored. I have seen beauty and ruggedness, vast empty tundra and deep leg sucking bogs. I have endured endless hordes of mosquitos and no-see-ums, so thick they turn your exposed skin black. I have seen grizzlies, wolves, lynx, moose, caribou, Dall sheep and more out in the bush. Whales, walrus, seals, sealions and others in Alaska's chilling waters.
Alaska, she gets in your blood, your very soul and she grabs you and lets you know how small you are in this World at the same time how wonderful it is. Alyeskas incredible beauty and grandeur; from the heights of majestic Mt. McKinley to the numerous seaside fjords and glaciers. Her colorful and diverse peoples and the many secrets she still holds for each us to find on our own!
I shall surely miss you Alaska! I love the lessons and memories you have provided me. It is with great sadness that I must move on but you will be in my heart always!