Day: November 17, 2025

The Great North. The frigid wilderness.

I was thinking about that I was riding my bike through Corning Preserve earlier this evening in the darkness. I often think about Alaska – some of the off-grid cabin videos I watch on Youtube from time to time are certainly from the state of great north. But Alaska is so cold and gray for much of the winter. If you think darkness is bad here, look at Alaska.

Someday it would be nice to see Alaska but I wouldn’t want to see the tourist locations or take a designated tourist route with designated view points and activities designed by some kind of government or corporate planner. I’m not sure if I would want to live in Alaska, noting the high costs of everything up there, including remote land with much acreage.