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Night Life of Seward, Alaska

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If you've never experienced a night out in a small town, I highly recommend that you try it before you die.

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What A Summer In Alaska Taught Me, Against My Will

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They say all good things must come to an end*, and last week, just as the summer weather was making a final retreat, my time living and working in the seaside town of Seward on Alaska's Kenai Peninsula did exactly that - it became a good thing that ended. 
(*I'm unclear on the profundity of this saying though, because bad and mediocre things must also come to an end. Literally everything ends.)

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