In case anybody wonders what would posess someone to live in the "Frozen North", this might give an idea.

This photo was taken about 45 miles north of Anchorage, heading south into the town of Wasilla, a few days after Christmas.

What makes the picture extraordinary is that this kind of beauty is quite common everywhere you look in Alaska. I could have taken literally hundreds of pictures that day every bit as compelling as this one. Chances are most of the folks you see driving towards town didn't even bother looking at it.

tanstaafl.

(edited to add photo)