[at-l] Denali

[cmcnabb@xxxxxxxxxxx (Christopher McNabb)]

On Thu, 2003-02-20 at 00:24, Shane Steinkamp wrote:
> > A horizon and sky that goes on forever. The midnight sun
> > dipping down and kissing the river.  Riding in the boats
> > on the Yukon ... <Hastily Snipped>
>
> Susan, PLEASE avoid posts like this in the future.  This kind of thing is
> very dangerous for some of us, and you shouldn't go on like that.  You'll
> have us packed up and out the door without so much as a kiss goodbye.  If I
> weren't chained to this computer, I'd be out the door now...  Alas...
>
> Don't look at any of Papa Bear's pictures either.  They're just as bad...
>

Having spent my childhood near Delta Junction, AK, I'd have to agree
with you.  There was just something about being 9 years old and having
600 miles of woods at the end of our back yard.  There was a small
clearing about a mile back in the forest that was usually overrun with
wild strawberries in the summer, and made a great place for snowball
wars and Aurora watching in the winter.  We could also see Mt McKinley
and several other large peaks of the Alaska Range from our front yard.

I always have the urge to head back north.  I went up to Anchorage on a
business trip back in '00 and almost didn't return. Hopefully I'll be
able to talk the wife into moving up there some day.

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Christopher L McNabb
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