My roomie and I were tired of how life is just so dull and relentless in our hometown. I think we were mostly bored of the same old grind and how everything needs to be planned out.
Enter a coupon for a cheap night's stay in Haines.
The crabs, the ocean, and the men called to us. Come, Kim, come... leave Canada behind and pass through those Gates into the States!
It was a great change. The mountains are so much taller when you're at sea level. The air, crisp and clean. It refreshed in a way that no week-long holiday that year ever did. It only took a night out of our life.