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The weather in Alaska is \u2026incredibly surprising right now. Normally Alaska is\u2026well\u2026Alaskan. It\u2019s rainy, it\u2019s wet, it\u2019s definitely the opposite of warm.<\/p>\nThe weather in Alaska is \u2026incredibly surprising right now. Normally Alaska is\u2026well\u2026Alaskan. It\u2019s rainy, it\u2019s wet, it\u2019s definitely the opposite of warm.<\/p>\n
Except this week<\/p>\n
The weather hasn\u2019t broken yet. Our all day call in Juneau today was beyond breathtaking. Amras had IPM, but I have somehow been released from the IPM rotation (no one has the slightest clue how that happened or how long it will last) so I\u2019m able to go out whenever I want until further notice.<\/p>\n
I spent most of the time wandering through bookstores, because you never know what you might find. Case in point: much to the extreme joy of my inner geek, I found a copy of Buffy Season 8: Volumes 3 & 4! I have been looking for those for almost two years! The series has moved onto season 11 so it\u2019s almost impossible to find the first set of graphic novels now. So I now have 1 of the two and am hoping that I can get the next one next cruise. Ha! I finally get to know all the bits I didn\u2019t know yet!<\/p>\n
Having satisfied my inner nerd, I took the tramway up Mount Roberts where I spent the remainder of the afternoon walking\/hiking up the looping mountain trails, pausing every so often to snap picture of the carvings that have been etched into the trees, and hoping that I was not going to provide a tasty morsel for a passing bear (it happens, though thankfully not often!). Days like this you can feel<\/em> the trees and undergrowth growing, reaching up towards the rare bright sunlight. The fresh air clears out the cobwebs from the back of my mind and leave all the corners feeling clear and refreshed.<\/p>\n The hike up to the top of the trail loop was intense, probably more climbing then I\u2019ve done in a long long while. But the view from the top? Absolutely worth it. Alaska makes you feel so\u2026tiny. I don\u2019t mean that in a bad way, I mean it in an oddly reassuring way \u2013 somehow the vastness of these mountains, the intensity of the colours, the sheer size<\/em> of it all\u2026it gives me a sense of hope. As if there is something here, something at the very core of this place, that we cannot touch, cannot destroy, cannot harm. No matter what terrible things we do to the world, I am sure these mountains will stand long after we are but a memory\u2026<\/p>\n I really really<\/em> need to get myself outside more often\u2026<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The weather in Alaska is \u2026incredibly surprising right now. Normally Alaska is\u2026well\u2026Alaskan. It\u2019s rainy, it\u2019s wet, it\u2019s definitely the opposite of warm. Except this week The weather hasn\u2019t broken yet. Our all day call in Juneau today was beyond breathtaking. … Continue reading