They Say A Person Needs Just Three

Kids In Alaska Don't Know They're Growing Up On The Last Frontier. It's Just What They See On The License Plates, And It's Something Tourists Like To Say A Lot Because They've Never Been Around So Many Mountains And Moose Before.

I'm Happy To Report You Still Get Nothing You Don't Need At Motel 6, And, Therefore, You Don't Have To Pay For It. I Don't Need Valet Parking. If I Can Drive The Old Crate 300 Miles To The Hotel All By Myself, I Can Certainly Handle The Last Nine Feet To The Parking Space.

Mine Is Not A Story To Tell Struggling Writers.

Somebody Says, 'do A Tom Bodett, A Folksy Kind Of Thing,' And It Sounds Like Something Out Of 'hee Haw,' Very Insulting. They Turn Wry Humor Into Disparaging Sarcasm, And You Get What Amounts To Insulting Advertising.

It's Not Like Alaska Isn't Wilderness - It Mostly Is. But Most Alaskans Don't Live In The Wild. They Live On The Edge Of The Wild In Towns With Schools And Cable Tv And Stores And Dentists And Roller Rinks Sometimes. It's Just Like Anyplace Else, Only With Mountains And Moose.