The Alaska Days
I have mentioned in my bio that I grew up in Alaska . This kind of happened in two phases. I graduated from high school in Sitka , a small island town in the SE panhandle. It is a vastly different area than where we lived later. There are no roads in or out but in other respects is sort of a typical small town, sav e its immense beauty. From there I went off to college at the U. of Missouri-Columbia and then returned to teach in the interior/southcentral Alaskan area of the Copper River . Wildlife, including bears, was an every day aspect of existence in this area. The area was vast and ruggedly beautiful. Life around the Copper River is not for the timid, especially in the winter months, when temperatures dip to minus 60 F. Hunting and fishing are integral parts of most every resident's life in this area. For the period of time we were there, rarely did we consume store-bought meat or fish. One source of salmon is the fish wheel . The awesome beauty of Alaska is as va...