The view from my balcony

This is what I see when i leave my cabin.

There is really nothing like it in the world. I keep trying to explain to people the beauty of Alaska, I have to be careful though, lest people think of me as some sort of hippie dippy douchebag or something.

Really though, it is the most beautiful place i've ever seen. On the drive down we saw Mount McKinley from about 150 miles away. You can only see it from that distance about 30% of the time, we were lucky. I can't lie, I had trouble catching my breath, even from that distance there was something really magical about it. (Wow, i just called something in nature magical....i'll catch hell for this)