My first trip to Alaska was to complete 13.1 miles in the Mayor's Midnight Sun Mmarathon. I absolutely fell in LOVE with Alaska! Before the race,, I took a float plane tour of the Anchorage area and then a car trip to Fairbanks and points east and north of there. I met some wonderful people while I was there and became determined to return the following year. I returned home to Florida, trained for eight months, then completed my first, and only, marathon in Anchorage. During that trip I spent several days by auto and train in south western Alaska. That will be four years in June. I plan to retire in two more years and believe me, I plan to see a lot more of Alaska!! I LOVE IT!