Alaska - The Land Of Extremes

Alaska is the land of extremes. One part of the year is all day light and the other part of the year is mostly darkness. Yin and Yang. With extremes, it attracts extremes. Extreme environment, extreme people.

I'm from the outside looking into a world still primitive. Still naked. Still baring her unadulterated truth. I'm from a land where development is happening whether we like it or not and I'm peering into a land where laws prevent them from development. Where we want so bad for the last frontier to stay the last frontier. With a land full of natural resources and the possibilities for jobs and growth.

It was a privilege to peer into such a land. We traveled a total of more than 7,000 miles during this trip.

We were invited to stay with a friend and we had a blast! It is such a privilege to stay somewhere with someone that lives there.
The moose were having their young at the time of our visit. What a great site to see a Mama and baby feeding!

One part of Alaska, in Fairbanks, the wheather was warm, in the 70's. And in Valdez, the ice bergs were still melting and the water falls were just beginning to run.


The water falls in Valdez were breath taking!


Thank you! to our friends for opening up their homes and adjusting their lives for our visit! We would do it again in a heart beat!

We were already making plans for a visit next year! So much to see in so little time.