Although we had been thinking about it for months, Drew, Tommy, and I decided to scratch our plans to travel to Europe next summer. But a combination of factors make us even more excited for a different destination. After hearing from Laura about her trip to Alaska (and looking at some incredible pictures she took) we now have our hearts set on exploring the Last Wilderness. Then we hit the movie theater and saw Into The Wild, which had the strange effect of making us NOT want to go to Alaska and to desperately WANT to go to Alaska. It makes sense if you’ve seen it.
Plus, I’ve always wanted to go to Alaska, ever since I wrote about it for my “State Report” in Mrs. Powers’ 5th grade class. The state just seems so…endless.
Based on the fact that we have time but not that much money, our plan has developed an extra bit of quirkiness: we’re planning to drive there. That’s over 3,000 miles. Much of it will be spent on the infamous Alcan, the Alaska-Canadian Highway that Drew’s always wanted to drive on, which stretches from Dawson Creek to Fairbanks.
(I don’t know what it is about me, but something inside makes me want to go to these crazy northern places. Like “Nunavut” up there in the corner. Nunavut! I just like saying it!)
Not many more details at this point, but one thing’s for sure, it will definitely be an adventure.
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i looove alaska.
you know on that mix cd i sent you, it has a song about alaska.
driving there. dang. that’s quite an adventure.
Of course Drew wants to go to Dawson’s Creek! Oh, Dawson Creek? Right.
Did you know that Raz is living in Fairbanks? I bet she could hook you guys up with a place to stay and show you a good time!
Speaking of Dawson, whatever happened to James van Whateverbeek? The world may never know.
I did NOT know Raz was in Fairbanks! It would be nice to see a friendly face at the end of that long journey.