20 things to do before I leave Alaska

1. Grrr. I forgot to check for the Aurora again last night. I MUST see it one more time before we leave! The sun is staying longer and opportunity is waning.
2. Spend an endless summer day on the beach with my family. Watch a fantastic sunset.
3. Camp in the mountains one more time. Real camping, not the lower 48 version.
4. Go cross country skiing with Morgan in the woods behind the old house.
5. Go mushing again with Lana. (Maybe Mr. Gephart would help me on this one, since Yeti died.)
   
6. Snowboard with Blake. (Even though I'm terrified of Alyeska. Maybe the bunny hill.)
7. Catch a king salmon.
8. Learn to fly fish.
9. Go kayaking in Katchemak Bay.
10. See a pod of orcas.
11. Pick berries with the kids.
12. Ice skate with the kids on Longmere Lake.
13. Snowshoe.
14. Swing off the rope at the gravel pit- get in the water and have FUN this time!!
15. Find a gold Nugget. Heehee- remember tricking Lyle with a handful of sand, finding the gold on my ring?
16. Subsistence fish again. Send a freezer full of fish to OK.
17. Save my property- I don't want to lose it!!
18. See Lyle one more time. Tell him I love him. Kiss him godbye. Forever.
19. FLY!! You idiot! Didn't you come up here to be a bush pilot? You have your license and haven't piloted up here even ONCE. You know people- make it happen!! Get aerial pics of your land. You are living on a floatplane lake. Don't be a dummy!
20. Meet the guy across the lake. It couldn't hurt. Might be fun. Maybe you'll make a connection you can pursue later, when the kids are grown.