Snapshot of Seward

Just to give you an idea of what this place I'm in is like:

Seward, Alaska
Distance from Anchorage: 125 miles/2ish hours(depending on numbers of tourists)
Access: car (one of the country's most scenic drives), train, cruise ship, ferry, bush plane
Snow-capped mountains: 360 degrees!
Nearby glaciers: more than 8
Accomodations: lots of RV/tentsites; small B&Bs; a hostel; a few small motels/hotels
Population: <3000 year-round
Population on July 4th: over 10,000
Town Size: 2 miles long, 4 streets wide
Pubs per capita: 1837495
Churches per capita: 1384955
Industries: tourism, fishing, coal, tourism, fishing, tourism...
Adventurous opportunities: great hiking, kayaking, ice field exploring, Sea Life Center, Kenai Fjords National Park, dogsledding, plane tours
Fun facts: -Seward hosts one crazy Fourth of July celebration.
-Mt. Marathon looms over the town and, when there's still snow on it, makes a great sledding run if you hike up in rainpants. On the 4th of July, the town holds a big Mt. Marathon race.
-Everyone here has a dog. I swear. It's insane.
-Seward is actually a rainforest! The annual rainfall is pretty substantial, so I'm glad Oregon has trained me before I came here.

I'm currently living in a "development" called Camelot, on King Arthur Rd. Fishermen, mostly, put in roads a few years ago and, since it's outside of the city limits, no building permits are required. This means anyone can throw up a house on whatever affordable property they find, so there are some pretty interesting characters up there. The family I'm staying with, and for whom I will soon be house-sitting, run limited power off a generator and use a rainwater system rather than hooking up to city water and power. I don't even know if you can do that down in Camelot. Anyways, I'm living there and house-sitting once they leave for a kayaking trip into the beginning of July.

Well, the library's closing so I've got to sign off- hope everyone else is doing well! Love to all!