April 2003
Hi Brother and Sister:
It is 10:30 Wednesday night, a little early to write my weekly up-date about the fun and adventures in the frozen north but nothing else to do.
I can read a newspaper while sitting outside. Why Alaska went to day light savings I have no idea. It does not get dark until around 11 and that wont be the case in a couple of weeks and this summer it really will be the Land of the Midnight Sun.
I have been trying to figure out when I will be coming through Tulsa and Chicago and will let you know later.
I walked down to the beach after school today but it ended up not being a good idea. Walking in the snow for two miles out and back and along the beach sort of wore me out. When I got to the beach I thought so what, I mean how much snow, ice and sea can one see without it becoming sort of meaningless. However I kept telling myself that not everyone goes to Alaska and I wanted the total experience. So walking along the beach along the Bering Sea 4000 miles away from home is sort of unique. I felt a little isolated, I could have dropped dead out there and my body would not be found until the middle of the summer if a wind storm came up.
The one thing I found very strange though was the silence. There was no noise. When was the last time you experienced no noise, nothing, nothing at all? It was really an odd feeling. I kept straining my ears to hear something but there was nothing. It reminded me of part of a poem, "There wasn't a breath in that land of death..." At least it was comforting to realize that I wasn't the first person to experience that, my mind must still be intact.
Love Snapper
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