See You Soon Alaska!
Here was the view leaving from Anchorage, with the mountains poking through the clouds which sit at 10,000 feet. The power of these mountains takes on a whole new dimension when seen from above. You could see the glaciers and snow with the ridges as sharp as razors.I got really nostalgic watching the mountains disappear. Nostalgic for something that isn’t even mine or my culture, but somehow took a hold on me and left me with a powerful and peaceful presence.I wasn’t able to update the blog the last few days in Alaska because I went to the town of Talkeetna for the weekend and then the internet wasn’t working before I left early yesterday. I have enough material to write a blog entry every day for a year in just describing all the wonderful and exciting encounters I had. It rained the last few days, but the night before I left I did go down to the river and paint under the rain at midnight (of course it was still light enough to paint, it doesn’t get dark!).Tomorrow I will post some paintings from Alaska now that I’m back in Orlando and can take the time to get some good photographs of them.I just want to thank Alaska in all of it’s glory and each and every person that I came into contact with there who truly made the trip so fun and perfect. It’s funny how in Alaska even a Yankee can feel right at home!