Alaska - Day 2

Alaska is wonderful. It doesn't look too different from anywhere else yet, but there is a different feel about it. The campsites are quieter, the roads are slower, and it is bright all the time. My favorite part is the woods. The campsite where we stayed last night is only about an hour away from Anchorage but the mountains are everywhere so it feels like the middle of nowhere. It is the middle of nowhere.

I have never seen mountains like these before - sharp, protruding mounds the color of emeralds and granite and dirt that grow on top of each other like gnashing molars, but the most beautiful molars you have ever seen, and their bottom halves are covered with the type of evergreen forest that you wish every forest was. I think that to hike to the top of one would. I have no reason to believe in God, but being here makes me wish he exists. I'd like to think that a place this beautiful was made deliberately. I'd like to have someone to thank for it.

Today we are driving into Anchorage to pick up some last minute supplies, and then further east on our way to Wrangle St. Elias. I cannot wait to walk unobstructed into the Alaskan wilderness. The woods are really something else, I'm sorry I can't explain it better. The ranger told us there was a bear that came through our campsite the morning before we arrived, but he didn't make another appearance. I'd still like to meet one before the trip is through.