Thanks for the kind words. I do love Alaska and northern Canada, having spent much of my adult life living, working and traveling in the north country. Plus I seem to have a propensity toward talking about Alaska. I basically consider the Interior of the state to be home, so why do I live in the swamp country of south Florida? Who knows. We moved to western Colorado to give our young daughters an opportunity to grow up in a setting more like my wife and I had as kids. Then we came to Florida to take care of my wife's parents and never got around to leaving. Now we have grand kids here, so we obviously won't be leaving. LOL
Probably why I try to tell people to go north, when they can, especially before they get too old, lose their mobility, their health, their stamina, etc. for me to go now as a 74 y/o person, I can't do many of the activities I did many times when younger. But even going at my age, is still so worth it to most folks that want to visit. We are wanting to go back this summer, if possible. Never thought I would ever have to plan our RV trips to fit in to my scheduled doctors appointments and procedures. LOL