Book Summary Living deep in the Alaska bush is a profoundly absorbing experience that leaves an indelible mark on a person. The Great Land, Alaska, becomes close and real. One establishes a relationship with it, almost as if the land was alive. This is my story of thirty years of high adventure. We who grew up and lived as young adults in the Alaska of the 1950s and 60s are so few now that we almost qualify for endangered species status. Many people of my generation in the 49th state encountered both major events and daily doings that contributed to a life of adventure. We took for granted activities such as bush flying, exploring virgin wilderness, and encountering wildlife in places so remote that the animals did not even know what humans are. Because Alaska was then a different sort of place to live, my generation acquired a unique view of the world. Enormous optimism was our birthright. The sky was the limit for our plans. I intended to own a hundred acres of forest, a log home, and a lake, with a Super Cub on floats tied to my dock. All this seemed very possible to me. This is a series of true adventure stories, not a complete autobiography. The places and people are real. When I introduce a person using first and surname, it is their real name. When I use only a first name, it is usually a pseudonym, of a nickname chosen or this book. Author's Bio Roy Billberg has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Geography from Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, AZ, and a Master of Arts Degree in Geography from the University of Arizona in Tucson, AZ. He grew up on an Alaska homestead and also in the bush of Alaska in the 1950s and 60s. He learned to fly at age 17. (His earliest flying was in the lap of his father, a bush pilot, at age 3.) While in his 20s, he flew commercially for five years, mostly from Anchorage and into the Kenai Peninsula. Living close to nature as a boy and then as a young man nurtured in him a deep fascination for all things in the world. His writing reflects a keen sense of humor and a strong yen for adventure. He can be a bit mystical sometimes because he advocates being close to nature as a way of discovering more about one’s own self. His favorite area of Geography is known as “Sacred Geography,” — the study of sacred places and sacred landscapes in human culture. He lives in Colorado with his wife of 49 years, Evelyn Rose, and near their daughter Roselind and her family.