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Arctic Ocean Beach Bum

barrowbeach.jpgIt’s the first of September and the beginning of the the 3-day Labor Day Weekend. Slept in a bit – I usually have to wake up at 5:30 AM to get to school on time, so lounging in the rack until 7 and then some unhurried coffee was a treat.

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By 10, I was out the door and out on the beach and hiked off to the west. This is as North as you can get on the continent, and mostly a dull and unattractive place
I walked for two hours and far enough to escape the wind-blown trash from town before I stopped for lunch. I came across several carcasses (natural and man-made). I then climbed the low bluff and took a look across the tundra to the south. It’s a bleak place. Yeah, I don’t think I’ll ever complain about Soldotna again! But I suppose I prefer the starkness of this place more than strip malls and car lots.
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