In the summer of 2023 I was cruising the aisles of the local Salvation Army thrift store in Homer, Alaska and came across some old slide projector carousels and a Crown Royal bag sitting on the shelf. I peaked in the purple bag and pulled out a couple dozen old slides with pictures of family, mountains, glaciers, and other Alaska stuff.
“Pretty neat,” I thought to myself, “maybe I’ll scan these and see what’s on them.”
I paid $1 for the bag and tossed it in my truck. Little did I known the histories and memories it contained.