It has become our weekly Ritual to go for drives on Monday. This week we went North out of Fairbanks and stopped at the Chatanika(Said CHA-TAN-IKA)River. I have to say that even 20 Mile outside of Fairbanks is like being in the middle of Nowhere. Oh, Ya It is the Middle of Nowhere. I have to say that there is a stillness that would shake The most venerable Bhuddist Master. Its is and Unsettling yet liberating feeling of aloneness that one can ever feel. Standing on the edge of a vast wilderness. Ya We are there. Yet that fragments of mans dependence is also there. The Alaska Pipeline starts in Prudhoe Bay, AK and end in Valdez Alaska. It Runs along the Dalton / Elliott highway and can be seen upclose from several rest stops. Oil is EXTREMELY important to Alaskans. It is the main source of revenue for the state. Second bieng Commercial fishing and Third Tourism.
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How cool...I'm all about the silence of being lulled by the waves lapping against the shore right now. But, your silence must be one hell of a quiet.
Awesome that you guys have taken up the Monday drive ritual. The find-something-that-you-love-and-do-it theory - hope it is making the transition a bit more interesting.
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