So we have been here for a little less than a week and I am still pleased with our decision to come back. I have no idea when the sun actually sets, but it never gets dark and tomorrow marks the summer solstice (the longest day of the year! Can’t wait)
Anyway in our short time here we’ve taken a hike to our old tent camp where we stayed during the Alaska Experiment. It was strange to go back, the tent platform weathered and covered with bear claw marks. The neighbors never come to visit until you up and leave town! The smoker, cold storage and the commode were intact, but surrounded by the inevitable progress of spring-time: strawberry bushes, grasses, and a few new alder shoots.
A strange
combination of a seemingly distant experience mixed with what seems like premature nostalgia. It was only 9 months ago that we landed on that beach, ready for anything. At the time we thought the Alaska Experiment would test our physical endurance... as it turns out, the experiment, the test, came in a far different form. Alaska, it seems, would test out willingness to settle for the ordinary, our intolerance for missed opportunities, and our love (and patience) for one another. We hope the test is graded on a curve...we have a lot to learn. :)
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