Alaskan men: the man is back
I’ve just arrived at home after my holidays break. I spent a week on a cruise enjoying of beautiful weather and a lot of wilderness. Glaciers, orcas, icebergs, bears, all of them fascinating but one animal specie called my attention: the Alaskan-easygoing-all-day-at-the-bar man.
I don’t mean all men are the same there, of course, but there I could find that type of man that people usually think is coming from Southern latitudes: sleeping eyes, a two days’ growth of stubble, drinking a glass of beer with his back on the bar… just watching people. I have to say that one characteristic is native: to proudly show off their tattoos at the same time they make their earrings bright with an imperceptible movement of their head. Sometimes you barely can distinguish between a brown bear from this men not only for the smell but for the huge size they use.
Some people advised me about this specie. They were supposed to be found in Seattle but I can affirm that rarely can be seen here: almost all of them migrate to Alaska looking for new fur trades, I guess. A good flock of them can be seen nearby the Juneau’s Red Dog Saloon.
Just fun ;-)
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Welcome back, Mariano!!!
Orcas? Bears? No Eskimos nor ice-fishing, really? Wow, you were really out there on the fringe in Alaska (our current-most popular state, if you’ve been keeping up with the news)!
Sounds like you and the Mrs. had a good holiday and I am glad. I think that for all of us (from abroad as well as from the Continental US), Alaska is definitely an underrated state that must be seen. And the more we see and hear of this beautiful state, the more we get to see the diverse variety of landscapes that the US has to offer. I’ve heard of the Red Dog Saloon as being a little “touristy”, but still worth the visit (you can do a Google search on it to see pictures of the saloon).
But seriously, though- if you’re going to claim that you met-up with bears in Alaska, I don’t think costumed ones count! We can tell the difference in your picture! : )
Ha! Darling, actually I WAS at the Red Dog Saloon, well just me because my Mrs was scared about the noise of dancing and yelling from inside!
Alaska is a must for everyone, a lot of beautiful places I’ve never ever dreamed I could see in live.
P.S.- Unrelated to the article, I hope that Cowboy “skidaddles” out of town in time before Ike arrives…
(I am surprised that the media has not capitalized to use the phrase “Ike’s coming home on Friday!” See, Dwight D. Eisenhower -our 34th president- was nicknamed Ike AND was born in Texas!… So go ahead- use that one at work tomorrow and show how American Spaniards really are!!!)
Marianooo…. Si incluso hay una revista dedicada a los hombres de Alaska. Intente que le interesara a mi hermana, la cual es soltera, pero me dijo que nones…
http://www.alaskamen-online.com/purchase.htm
Kind of funny, my wife complains that she has married the only and one Spanish redneck, lol.
I tell her “Yes sweetie, there a few Europeans who hate Opera and don’t go to the Ballet on Sundays, and you married one of them”.
You should try the bars in Eastern Colorado, Rural Nebraska, South Dakota… man…