Day 22: My Favorite City
6:00 AMI'm not sure if too many people would consider Pelican, Alaska a city, but it's my favorite town.It's all boardwalk and there are no vehicles other than ATV's and golf carts. From one end of the board walk to the other it's one mile and the population of this little place is about 89 people. It's a secluded island off in the Pacific Ocean. The only way off is on a float plane or boat. It's about a 4-6 hour ferry ride to Sitka or Juneau. I spent a year here when I was in 8th grade and school was just crazy. There was a total of twelve kids K-12 and as I said, I was in 8th grade. Take a wild guess how many people were also in 8th grade... Three total. Me and my two cousins. Haha!
This was one of the best experiences of my life. I got to experience snow like you wouldn't believe. We would do flips off the board walk and land in 6ft high snow. I caught so many fish, went hunting, met great people, went skiffing and crabbing and shrimping, and shoveled so much snow. On my 13th birthday my grandpa and I jumped off the oil dock into the ocean (AT THE END OF OCTOBER). Everyone here is family and I can guarantee it you would have a great time. You may have to grocery shop from a place as small as a gas station, and there may be no malls, and there may be no cars or trucks, but it's beautiful and it's amazing and I can't wait to go back.
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