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Larry shared a pretty personal and emotional letter recently - and I asked if he would mind my sharing it on the site.

I realize that many people might find his words in the letter a bit strange - but that was half the point of me reading it... I'm curious how these feelings come across to other people.

For me, the letter makes perfect sense, all the emotions seems right in line with what I went through... with what I'm still going through - but I know that won't be the case for everyone.

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  • jeshua 7 months ago
    I've never been on a bike trip like what he and you did but I have/had a similar feelings, maybe not so strongly as Larry's, from one particular off road expedition I did last year.

    Makes you wonder why we do what we do every day all for some green paper when we could be sitting on the edge of cliff in the middle of the wilderness gazing upon the beauty of this place God's given us. i for one long every day to be back in the wild, natural world that is so far away yet so close at the same time.

    To use the word haunting may seems strange but thats is the perfect word to describe the memory's of a trip like this. It haunts you daily in your dreams and in your thoughts.

    Thanks for the letter Larry and Mike. :) Keep up the hard work.
  • mike ambs ☂ plus 7 months ago
    Hey Jeshua - you know I thought about that for a long time... after my trip I had this urge to just travel *all* the time. But I think after a long time I kind of came to the point of view that you need the routine to really appreciate the trip.

    You need both... ya know? And you have to learn how to use each your routine and your trips together.

    Thanks for watching and for the great comment.
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  • G-Room 7 months ago
    Hi Mike,

    Have you disabled the ability to switch HD on/off on your personalized video player? It's really lagging on most computers that are not brand new anymore...

    Anyway, I still can hear the sound of your voice reading those nice words with emotion...

    Thx for sharing this & good luck for the sequel

    Jerome.
  • mike ambs ☂ plus 7 months ago
    Hey Jerome - no I didn't change anything. That's strange - I hope that gets fixed. Thanks for watching this through despite the tech problems!
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  • Neil Blake 4 months ago
    Mike,

    I ran across this today looking for new episode. Is episode five coming? But that's beside the point. In nine days I board a plane for Grand Rapids, Michigan. Home. I've been away three months on a multimedia internship here in Denali National Park.

    Having been on trips before, I know what it's like trying to return... what awaits me when I step off that plane. Alaska will be filed on the shelf with all my other experiences... and I'll fall back into the routine. I'm afraid of forgetting what I've seen here, felt here. Past trips have faded into dreams and I have trouble reconciling who I was with who I am.

    Ha, now there is a jumble of words. Anyway, thanks for posting... I hope Larry finds the balance we all seek.

    Neil
  • mike ambs ☂ plus 3 months ago
    Hey Neil :) Sorry for the slow reply here - I lost track of this comment somehow. Part 5 isn't coming just yet, I just wrote a post about this decision actually on our production blog.

    Wow - an internship in Alaska, that's crazy. I've always wanted to go.
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