You're much more of an outdoors person than I am. I like an occasional hike, but rarely go out of my way to learn about what I'm seeing. Probably because I've almost always been near rural or wilderness, I tend to take it for granted.
I like to take pictures, so you'd think I'd want to know what I was taking pictures of, but I'm afraid I'm more concerned with how the picture looks than what the subject is.
I spent three tours in Kodiak, about a third of my career, and have visited several other cities over the years (usually for work); Bethel, Nome, Seward, Cordova, Anchorage, Tok, etc. If you go to Alaska again I recommend taking the ferry up the inland passage. Beautiful (and cheaper than a cruise).
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