Alaska is just a beautiful as I remember…
It is also…just as wet.
One thing people often forget about Alaska: it’s a temperate rain forest. Which means it rains – a lot. Crew members often giggle when faced with comments about how disappointing the weather in this area is; I ask you what did you expect when you booked a cruise to a rain forest?
Fortunately for me, I like the rain. And at this time of the year it’s not really rain, it’s more of a heavy mist. So I’m perfectly content to slosh my way about town, reacquainting myself with the various souvenir and candy shops…
Definitely with the candy shops…
Damp or not, I can feel the freshness of the air soaking into me. Much as I sometimes dread Alaska – and the things it sometimes brings me – I am aware that I need it on occasion. It clears out the cobwebs, and there have been rather a lot of cobwebs in my head recently. Possibly put there by the basic nature of having a routine, but also due to a lot of other things.
And clearing those? It feels really good.