I remember going on a trip to Alaska with my parents and my family. One of the highlights of that trip was grilling chicken legs at a cabin in the base where we stayed. My dad was in the Air Force and so as a retiree he had access to military bases and places that were set up as vacation spots for military and veterans.
My parents had arranged for us to be able to stay in Seward, Alaska, at the southern tip of the biggest part of Alaska up there. Not the one that extends down to Juneau but the one that is still part of the main part of Alaska.
It was beautiful! We enjoyed the trip though getting there with all four of our children and my parents who were getting older was challenging.
Everybody wanted to have grilled chicken legs. I thought was a silly idea, but my wife really liked the idea, and the kids did too.
So me and dad got out there with charcoal, turning over chicken legs with forks, and talking about how it was still so bright at 9pm in the evening. It never really did get completely dark while we were in Alaska. We didn't see the aurora borealis, but it would have been a capping event.
But I enjoyed being with my dad. I don't even remember what we talked about, or any of that, I just remember he time with him.
Good memory!
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