More Alaska

Written by Riley on September 18, 2007 in: Musings | Tags: ,

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Fishing (Coats) in Alaska

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Skagway’s version of M*A*S*H

big fish alaska
Behold… my large hand!

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Boo!

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More like Hidin’ Out in Alaska

Right now, a postcard of Elvis in some ridiculous fur outfit would have come in handy. Anybody got one?

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The Call of the Wild

Written by Riley on September 11, 2007 in: Musings | Tags: , , , ,

alaska sled dogs tongues postcard
“They were new dogs, utterly transformed by the harness.”

alaska sled dogs postcard
“He wanted… to have the leadership. It was his by right. He had earned it and he would not be content with less.”

skagway postcard yellow car thing
“Mush on, poor sore feets,” the driver encouraged them as they tottered down the main street of Skaguay.

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“She was pretty and soft, but she weighed one hundred twenty pounds—a lusty last straw to the load dragged by the weak and starving animals.”

alaska symbols postcard
“With the aurora borealis flaming cold overhead, of the stars leaping in the frost dance, and the land numb and frozen under its pall of snow, this song of the huskies might have been the defiance of life, only it was pitched in minor key, with long-drawn wailings and half-sobs, and was more the pleading of life, the articulate travail of existence.”

Oh, Jack, if you could see us now.


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