We live in Anchorage, Alaska. Which while beautiful, is NOT the happening metropolis of say.....New York.
Total distance from the Canadian Border to Anchorage is about 417 miles (671 km).
If we lived in Juneau there would be no where to go by road. There are two way in and out of Juneau by air or by sea. Juneau is surrounded by ice fields and mountains, so there are no roads to there.
At the moment we still have roughly 18 hours of daylight each day, which will go down to around 5 in December.
Alaska is the largest U.S. State - in fact it is larger than all but 18 countries of the world, and about 1/5 of the total land area of the 48 contiguous states.
Alaska is 2 times the size of Texas, has 29 volcanoes, 33,000 miles of coastline, over 1/2 the world's glaciers and we are 55 miles East of Russia.
The summer here has been truly gorgeous, and it makes me understand a little more why people chose to live here. The winter though.....which is fast approaching. That is why I don't understand why people choose to live here. Maybe if I was born and raised here it would be a different story. But it is for to cold for this Aussie wanderer and I will be glad to move on next near.
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