Denali Sunrise
Jen Beasley was not impressed with her first hour in Alaska. When she had stepped off the plane in Fairbanks, the Golden Heart City, she was ready for a new adventure. After a bad break up, spending the summer in Denali National Park as a forest ranger was exactly what she needed. Fresh air, wildlife, thousands of miles empty wilderness; that was what her heart needed to heal. What it didn’t need was a jammed finger when she picked up her luggage or nearly giving herself a concussion when she tripped over her own feet and landed head first into the stuffed polar bear exhibit next to baggage claim. It certainly didn’t need a pair a bright blue eye staring down at her as she struggled to stand back up. Nor, did it need those eyes to offer a hand up, which she accepted and then bit back a scream because: jammed finger. “Danny,” offered blue-eyes as he helped her to her feet, “These red-eye flights are a pain, huh?” “Red-eye?” Jen looked outside the ...