I CAN CHECK THESE OFF MY BUCKET LIST – Life's Chapter
Description: After this summer, I can cross 15 things off my bucket list. Four raw oysters slithered down my throat! What do they taste like, you ask? Lime flavored slime. I can say I ate oysters (plural) an…
Date: 2017-09-04T21:28:09+00:00

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# I CAN CHECK THESE OFF MY BUCKET LIST

Posted on September 4, 2017 September 4, 2017 by Virginia

My Bucket List Started Long Ago!

After this summer, I can cross 15 things off my bucket list.

1. Four raw oysters slithered down my throat! What do they taste like, you ask? Lime flavored slime. I can say I ate oysters (plural) and now never again.
2. I visited a Temperate Rainforest in Alaska! Yes, I said rainforest and Alaska in the same sentence. In Ketchikan the annual rainfall is 153 inches!!!!!! Yes, it rained every second we were there.
3. My legs were like Jello as I inched across a 450 foot long suspension bridge that is 230 feet above ground, that was built in 1889!!!! Yes, it was swaying. Yes, I was petrified!! I made it across going hand over hand and clutching the railing and some poor soul that was next to me. THEN, I HAD TO GO BACK!!!!!!
4. The King Crab legs in Juneau were almost as long as mine. The amount of tender, tasty crab meat in those legs was unbelievable. Then dip it in butter and, bam–you are in heaven!
5. The Hubbard Glacier was a mere 1/4 of mile from our cruise ship. I watched it calve into the ocean. It was like a sonic boom, you hear the noise after it crashes into the water.
6. Reindeer meat is quite tasty, and no it wasn’t Rudolf–I checked. Reindeer sausage is quite a staple in Northern Alaska. I learned that Caribou and Reindeer are the same, except that Reindeer are domesticated–you know–to pull Santa’s sleigh, and Caribou are wild.
7. Several black bears were mere feet from us. One is called Roly Poly for obvious reasons. Nope, there was nothing to protect us, except the person behind me who can’t run as fast.
8. I mushed behind 12 Alaskan Huskies down a forest trail at twilight. I learned if the leader of the pack takes a pee to the right, the entire group has to pee to the right. If he goes left,–yup, you guessed it–they all go left.
9. A Moose calf was happily walking down a trail, and Mommy Moose was hiding in the trees behind her baby, munching leaves. Mom looked calm so we guessed we were safe, or maybe we were just too dumb to know how dangerous it was.
10. Three humpback whales–each about 45 feet long—were bubble feeding–that means they create a bubble under the water and they all breach the water at the same time and together to catch the fish–awesome sight.
11. I was within 150 feet of a bald eagle catching and eating a salmon.
12. A lonely salmon was trying to swim upstream. It was working so hard, but wasn’t getting very far because the current pushed it back further than its original progress. It was sad.
13. I was within 150 feet of a Grizzly Bear! Yup a real live Grizzly. I, however, was in a bus, safe and sound.
14. The Arctic circle was only 100 miles from us–believe me, that is as close as I want to get!
15. The crowning glory of our visit was the complete view of Mt Denali (McKinley has officially changed its name to the original name). The tallest mountain in North America (20,310 feet) is very difficult to see because it creates its own weather, but we were one of the 10% who visit it, that got to see the entire mountain. Yes, I took this picture!

Only 10% of visitors get to see this mountain.

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