The Plan: Genesis
My son is 17. Today was his last day of high school as a junior. One year to go - how fast did that go? For a while, probably the last few years, he's been very interested in Alaska. I think his interest started after we took a week-long trip to Jackson Hole, Wyoming, when he was 13. We'd moved to Florida when he was 6 months old, and it was the first time he'd been out of the state. It was a week of white water rafting, horseback riding, bike tours, kayaking and more. He really seemed enamored with the mountains and streams. He enjoyed the much cooler weather. In Florida, he spends most of the year complaining about how hot it is. Definitely not a beach kid.... I'm partial to hills and mountains and rivers and forests myself. I grew up in Southern Maryland, which was still very rural 40 years ago. From age 8 until I left for college, I spent a good deal of time roaming the woods behind my house. I could disappear for a day, so far back that the sounds of civiliza...