Imagine my surprise when I opened the mail today to find a personalized letter from Sarah Palin, Governor of Alaska. I was both taken aback, and a little curious as to why such a person would send me a letter…the curiosity got the better of me.
I opened the letter.
It was a signed letter from her expressing warm regards to me in her disgusting cute southern accent. I don’t know how one gets a southern accent living in Alaska, but I’ve never been so I can’t comment.
The letter goes on to tell me about a great opportunity I have to learn about Alaska’s wildlife, photography, camping, fishing, clamming, aerial hunting, hiking, and nature walks. She also mentions the breathtaking glaciers, deep blue fjords, and the dazzling aurora borealis (all spelled correctly too).
She wanted me to imagine what it would be like to raft, take a dog sled ride, toss Eskimo blankets, pan for gold, and discover her Native and Russian roots, or maybe it said brunette roots, that part of the letter got smudged.
Finally she chided that if I didn’t respond right away, she might run out of valuable copies of the official Alaska Travel Guide – because “we’ve run out of copies in the past”.
That’s it. A wonderfully personal letter to me encouraging me to take my discretionary spending to her state. I suppose if you can’t be the next Vice President you might as well go back to being Alaska’s cruise director.
