There have been few places I've been that when I go they feel like home. Portland, OR is forver in my heart, and I really liked Chicago, but other than that I haven't been a lot of places that I say, "Wow, I would love to live here." And now Valdez, AK is on that list.
I've been here for two nights and three days, I'm going to be leaving today...at some point. On my friend Krista's suggestion I decided to come to Valdez and she asked her grandparents if I could stay here and they said yes! So I've been staying with the great Judy the last few nights and I'm finding it hard to pack up and leave.
Her neighbor, Sunny and her sister Silia, took me canoing yesterday. They met me for 5 minutes the day before but they hung out with me all day. And Judy knows everyone in town so I was always meeting people and everyone was so genuinely nice and interested in me it blew my mind. I even got invited to a bonfire last night. It's been an amazing few days in Valdez and I'm finding really hard to leave.
I'm currently drinking my second cup of coffee and trying to plan my trip home and leave, it's become really hard. I didn't expect this. I didn't expect to become so attached to one place in Alaska so quickly. I could stay here. Just have my roommate throw out all my stuff...and stay. But, alas I'm not quite that crazy. I know it will be here when I come back and I'm already scheming and getting tips on how to live in Alaska during the summer and make money.
So I'm going to be heading out of Alaska today, only going about 30 miles away and camping today but then starting sunday I will be doing 400+ miles a day.
The ache for home lives in all of us, the safe place where we can go as we are and not be questioned.
Maya Angelou
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