*nods at Daes*

I edited it a bit more than I maybe needed to. I left out descriptions of sailing into Juneau and feeling amazed by how close the ship was to land, considering how big the ship was, plus how staggeringly beautiful the Inside Passage is. We also didn't see the top of Mt. McKinley or some of the other really tall mountains nearby. I think part of why I did that is because it was so cloudy when we went through both the Inside Passage and Denali. I felt a little cheated.

I also left out a section about the trees along the Seward Highway, driving between Anchorage and Seward. The Good Friday earthquake of 1964 caused a tsunami which devastated a lot of the area. Salt water washed in and killed a bunch of trees, some of which still stand. So you get these gray, lifeless trees in a marshy area. It's kind of eerie.