{"id":4372,"date":"2016-09-14T17:18:24","date_gmt":"2016-09-15T00:18:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/?p=4372"},"modified":"2016-09-14T17:18:24","modified_gmt":"2016-09-15T00:18:24","slug":"dreams-liquid-sunshine-hubbard-glacier-alaska-09-13-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/?p=4372","title":{"rendered":"Dreams & Liquid Sunshine \u2013 Hubbard Glacier, Alaska \u2013 [09-13-2016]"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"booktree\"Dreams make promises they can\u2019t keep
\nThey can swindle you in your sleep
\nIt seems when we\u2019re young in dreams we trust
\nMaybe growing up is just kissing certain dreams goodbye<\/em><\/p>\n

~ Same Time, Next Year<\/em><\/p>\n

Or maybe not, maybe growing up isn\u2019t leaving your dreams behind, maybe it\u2019s accepting that dreams take work, and that grasping a dream, catching it and fulfilling it, sometimes takes different forms than you normally would think. Sometimes dreams in places that you would never think to look\u2026<\/p>\n

I had the dream you see, I had it, and then I gave it up, then I lost it, and then\u2026shockingly, I got it back.<\/p>\n

There have been times in the past when Alaska has not been kind to me, I\u2019m never sure what\u2019s waiting for me at the base of Hubbard Glacier. But the thing is, so much as changed since that pattern started\u2026things changed, and then change again.<\/p>\n

This time, the fresh, untainted mountain air of Alaska has given me something back, it\u2019s given me back myself \u2013 I refuse to allow anyone to take it from me again.<\/p>\n

Shorter me: things are going well.<\/p>\n

We\u2019re at the end of the season in Alaska, the skies are clouded over and the sunshine is coming in liquid form when it comes at all, but it\u2019s worth it. Yesterday I took the tram car up to the top of Mt Roberts in Juneau, where I looked at displays of wolf-tracks and nature photography, and greeted Lady Baltimore \u2013 the injured bald eagle who resides in the sanctuary at the top of the mountain. \u00a0They don\u2019t know how old she is, but they know she was at least five when they found her, so they figure she\u2019s *probably* around 12 or so\u2026I\u2019m just glad she\u2019s still there. Some hunter shot her through the beak when she was small, so she can\u2019t fly, at least she\u2019s being safely taken care of.<\/p>\n

There is a tremendous peace at the top of the mountain, I could spend hours up there, except that I\u2019m sometimes afraid that I would just not want to come back.<\/p>\n

But that was yesterday, this afternoon we pulled in to Yukatat Bay and the immense majesty that is Hubbard Glacier. It\u2019s cloudy out, so the Glacier is a breathtaking shade of blue that I\u2019ve never seen anywhere else. Unlike previous years when I\u2019ve been trapped behind a desk on scenic cruising days, now when we\u2019re at the glacier my office is actually outside on the bow, helping guests take pictures; answering questions\u2026it\u2019s one heck of a way to spend an afternoon.<\/p>\n

The week after next we\u2019ll put Alaska to our stern and head towards the sand and sun of Hawaii, leaving the Great State to the wolves and the rain\u2026<\/p>\n

And despite the fact that I have nothing against hula skirts and paper umbrellas\u2026I will miss the days of rain and hot chocolate\u2026<\/p>\n

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