During my trips to Alaska, we hit many little towns, including this one, Talkeetna. It also during my trips that puberty began to take it's course more rapidly, giving way to full blown facial hair. Without a razor, I was forced to let it grow.
In my bed, listening to an oldies station, the announcer came on saying that the first caller in to answer the qusetion, "When was John Lennon born", would win a make over to look like Ringo Starr. Excitedly I picked up the phone, dialed in the number and answered it correctly!
The next day, I went to the hospital for my free plastic surgery. They had just finished my nose when the radio station called in saying that they had just gone broke. With nobody to pay the surgeon, he stopped right away and I was escorted back to my campground. I later got the plastic sugery undone, but for the remainder of the trip, I was constantly stared at and photographed by excited Japanese tourists. |
