Northern Exposure

Getting to Vancouver I felt like I'd run out of momentum and while I had initially planned on hanging around BC and exploring some of the places I'd visited before, that just wasn't grabbing me. I needed to do something, I needed a little a motivator. So I decided I'd go to Alaska, as you do. I've always wanted to see the midnight sun and although it wont exactly be overhead, there is still twilight all night at this time of year. It's uncommon but still possible to see the Northern Lights at this time of year, anything even hinting at this would be a gift:


The bottom line is I'm much more likely to be coming back through Vancouver than I am to be any closer to Alaska than this so I'm happy to just poke around, see some mountains and glaciers and try not to get mauled by a polar bear. I'm heading back to Portland for a couple days then fly out of Seattle to Anchorage on the 14th.