Living Alaska, The Sound of Silence

The Sound of Solitude

Leaving the City Life Behind

Photograph by Author, Taking the Ferry to Alaska

I left San Francisco, California in June of 2021. For the next month I experienced a quiet solitude that I had not known in twenty years. I rode my Specialized Vado Bicycle 1,700 miles north to the State of Alaska. At some point in my journey north I decided to make it a one-way ride. I had planned on riding to…