The Magic and the Mystery

You know, there have been a few times since I arrived in Skagway when I've wondered if living here and working here would kill the magic and mystery of Alaska. I thought about that a good little bit while I was working this morning and just as I did, the things that I love the most about this place suddenly made themselves known. It had been raining almost all day and then the rain abruptly changed to snow for about an hour. The amazing thing is that it was warm enough to go outside without a jacket, yet it snowed big huge flakes for an hour, then the sun briefly came out, shining off the fresh blanket of snow on the mountains, then dark clouds flooded back in and it's raining again. That hour alone reinforced to me the awesomeness of being here. I'm finding myself ceaselessly amazed by this place.