The first unpleasant expeience we had on this trip occurred at the Gustavus airport. After two weeks of pleasant Alaskans, friendly and open, quick to smile and to start a conversation, we encountered the TSA. Big, burley, and decidedly unfriendly they went through our luggage as if they had a tip that somewhere in those suitcases was the bust that would get them the front page photo in Airport Security Magazine. Screening was the usual combination of inconvenience and waste of time – we had 3 German speaking women departing with us,and they pushed ahead of people, even to the extent of pushing their belongings tray at the security gate into them middle of ours, knocking my camera to the floor. I hope they go to China someday – they’ll meet their match at a Chinese airport.