Alaska Part 1: My Treat

Been out for a while... where? Alaska
Current Residence: Sacramento
Current Status: Sweaty Hot
Current Song in Head: Land Down Under by Men At Work
Current Feeling: Missing Sue so badly

Here is a treat from the final frontier, my favorites...

Sue surprise attack! Isn't she sweet, came to visit before we left, only got to see her for 3 minutes. But it was worth this sumptuous picture!

No windows, always felt like nighttime in here.

Harsh wind always at the bow of the ship when it was moving. I mean HARSH!

Parliament... Victoria BC, Canada

This guy is pretty famous in Victoria. I was anticipating the dark lord in his gleeful violist attire! You can search him on Google and Youtube and hear him play!

??? on Mt. Roberts in Juneau. Dirty snow, doesn't count -_-

Red Dog Saloon in Juneau. The walls are covered with business cards from all over the world, but mostly CA.

Bald Eagle...no where in CA, but EVERYFREAKINWHERE in Alaska!

Now a vistor's center, the Arctic Brotherhouse was built in 1899. The frat house looks EXACTLY as it did over 110 years ago! Skagway, my favorite city.

Deceiving but that thing is 200 ft. tall, remember this is from the top of the ship! Glacier Bay

HARSH wind

Rusted crane, forest wins! Temperate Rainforest at Ketchikan

It's a beaver, see it? Totem Pole of an ancient Tlingit legend.

So Alaska really is the last frontier. Being the newest and largest state, equipped with the some of the most extreme climate conditions on Earth, most of the land is untouched by human activity and the government wishes to keep it that way. Besides, it's not really ideal conditions for people to live, but it hasn't stopped some, including the legendary Haida and Tlingit Indians. I only visited a tiny portion of Alaska. The parts I saw (apart from the glacier) look very similar to Northern California. Spruce trees lining mountain tops with snowy caps and clear water; in other words, nothing I've never seen before. But it does feel different. The Alaskan air is almost 100% natural and construction is limited due to the challenging climate; Juneau can only be entered via boat or plane. It's a place where nature dominates humanity; in a way, it is almost like looking into the past, how it probably looked thousands of years ago. Beautiful by all means.

Part 2 coming up next!