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Spud, have you heard Robin Hopper's 'I'VE BEEN EVERYWHERE IN ALASKA'? She's a professional musician/songwriter who lives in Chugiak. This song is very popular at the Alaska Folk Festival, as you might imagine. It starts out- (I don't have a copy in front of me so I could be off on a few words):

"Well, I was totin' my pack along the Glen tryin' to catch a ride
When along came a tour bus with a hundred tourists stuffed inside
If you're goin' down to Anchorage, with us you can ride.
And so I climbed into the bus and when I settled down inside
They asked me if I'd seen a road with so much glacier sand
And I said, "Listen, guys, I've traveled every road in this here land.

I've been everywhere, man
Breathe that mountain air,
Tundra flats and bear, man,
skeeters, I've had my share
Yeah, up here in Alaska, I've been everywhere.

I've been to Anchorage, Egigik, Elmendorf, Chignik,
Turnagin, Crow Creek, North Pole, Summit, Knik,
Nikolai, Glen Highway, Porter Glacier, Cold Bay,
Peters Creek, Selewik, Wasilla, Anaktovik,
Cooper Landing, Northway, Valdez, Seward, Icy Bay,
Nancy Lake, Chilitna, Susitna..."

There are 3 or 4 more verses with well over a hundred names of towns and villages. She says it took her two years to write it and two months to learn to sing it. If you'd like to have it, I'll dig it up from my files.

Ebbie