Alaska impressions 9/5/2019

• RV parks are, on average, just parking lots here
• Wind=dust (and lots of it)
• There are no small dogs here that we could see
• There is a view around every corner and bend in the road
• River water is all glacial
• Everything is more expensive here ($28 for oatmeal and coffee?)
• It's a good thing the weather is, on average a bit cooler. More clothes = more protection from mosquitoes
• There seem to be pickup trucks parked randomly all over Alaska
• There are many more dirt and gravel roads than paved
• Traffic is a non-issue here
• If you're going anywhere, make sure you've got enough gas in your car. Interesting facts: Alaska is about 2 1/2 times as large as Texas by square miles. Texas has over 16,000 gas stations. Alaska has about 270. The lesson: fill up whenever you see a gas station.
• Many rivers in Alaska are braided: a network of river channels separated by small, often temporary, islands. 
• We want to go back in early summer when snow is still on the mountains, and there's less chance of wildfires.