This guy moved to Alaska last year. I found that his videos are quite informative, and his girlfriend's reactions are priceless.

So the park that this guy visits is called Elderberry park, and when my daughter was younger it was one of my favorite little parks to take her to.

The mud he is referring to is on the mudflats where we have signs up to keep the tourists from walking out, sinking in, and dying. Cause that's something that happens. 

I LOVED his girlfriend's reaction to the moose. I cannot tell you how many times we have had visitors up from the lower forty eight whose entire mission in life is to see a moose, which are usually everywhere in the city, and never see one while they are here.

But invariably, and I am not making this up, we will see one on the way home from dropping them off at the airport. True story.

I also liked this guy's reaction to being asked if he is ready for the fall, though usually we ask if newcomers are ready for the winter. And yes we usually ask them in an ominous fashion.

This guy has a whole bunch of these vlogs on his YouTube channel, and if you want to get a real fresh look at living in Alaska I suggest you watch a couple of them.

Speaking of Alaskan experiences, I had one just the other day.

I let my daughter's dog outside in the backyard to do her business, and like five minutes later she starts barking to be let back in. Only the bark sounded a little off.

When I went to let her in she shot past me and ran upstairs. It was only when I was closing the sliding glass door that I looked out and realized there was a giant black bear in the area directly behind my house.

The funny thing is that I saw a bear run past my backyard when I first moved in here almost ten years ago, but it has been bear free ever since, up until this last Wednesday.

Now the dog has to stop and look all around before going outside.

Chickenshit.