Come along on another Alaskan adventure as we profile amazingly hard
workers in the timber industry. Loggers are hearty and hardy, and the
ones I know are true conservationists. I can’t wait for you to meet
these lumberjacks!
During this Christmas season, do you ever wonder where you get many
of your Christmas trees, firewood, packing boxes… shoot, just look
around at everything timber touches and ask yourself who begins the
production of these wood products? You’ll meet them on an exciting trip
to an Afognak Island logging camp where our daughter learns even more
about our family’s #1 lesson: tough work ethic and character will
fulfill and sustain you.
Learn how the logging families live in such a remote part of God’s
country and how they cherish the land that provides their livelihood.
You’ll see how their reforestation efforts allow the forest regrowth
rate to repeat a life cycle of new forest nearly every 20 years. These
loggers actually care more about the sustainability of their forests
than most anyone because they love their livelihood, they know America
relies on our domestic timber industry for good jobs and economic
security, they are inspired in the great outdoors, and many of them want
their kids to get to grow up to be loggers. Basically, the good folks
you’ll meet want to be allowed to do what they love to do and what
anyone who lives among lumber and wood products rely on them to do for
us.
In addition, come see Willow’s eyes open to a new rugged and rustic
lifestyle. Her driving skills improve (?) before she undertakes a
family’s rite of passage with an upcoming driver’s license test. Any
parent can relate.
With only a couple more episodes to share, I promise you a fun and
informative episode of “Sarah Palin’s Alaska” this Sunday night at 9pm
ET/8c on TLC. Follow me there!
You can watch a preview of the episode here.
- Sarah Palin