Ahhh I'm just in an Alaska mood. I picked a random picture to write about. The infamous "suspender pic." This was my last full day on the ice. We had been weathered in for three days I think it was. No tours. Nothing. Just a lot of card games, cookies and naps. It'd be a lie to say I didn't enjoy it a little, but I also remember being very anxious because my contract date was approaching. But of course, we still managed to have fun. After an entire summer of begging, well, not an entire summer- we only started begging after we heard that the OTHER rotations had been allowed to go, we went on a field trip. Oh man, it felt like we were breaking all of the rules. We'd been told since day one that going NEAR the mountains would invite avalanches. On this particular day, we were allowed ON them. It was pouring rain and freezing cold. Nobody cared. We were all happy to get out of camp, and in my case stop trying to dig a new modesty pit, and stretch our legs. We threw rocks off the top and had a good-bye pow-wow. It's when I start thinking about Alaska that I so badly want to go back to Alaska. I suppose it's possible and I suppose I'm considering it......
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