Alaska

You can find all kinds of things in the last frontier: Bears, Ice Road Truckers, and apparently, even antique law enforcement emblems.

My summer journey to Alaska a few years back was anything but ordinary.

I'd like to think there's a great story behind it that someone can tell. Now that I live in Sioux Falls, it's a great decoration for my desk.

The passengers were from the cruise ship Royal Princess and were on sightseeing flights.

Sioux Falls population puts it alongside New York City, Chicago, Honolulu, Las Vegas, and three others in this category.

South Dakota is one of the coldest places to spend the winter in the United States, but it's not as high up on the list as I thought it would be.

Recently I had the chance to scratch an item off my bucket list - which was taking a trip to Alaska. And all I can say is, "WOW!" What a magnificent place.