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Anchorage, Alaska June 1, 2026 And I am in #1!! The cloudiest places in the US are concentrated in three main regions: southern/coastal Alaska, the Pacific Northwest, and the Great Lakes/Rust Belt. Anchorage, Alaska, takes the top spot nationally with about 239 cloudy days per year.Top cloudiest U.S. cities, ranked by average annual cloudy days: Anchorage, AK: ~239 days Seattle, WA: ~226 days Portland, OR: ~222 days Buffalo, NY: ~208 days Grand Rapids, MI: ~205 days Pittsburg

It’s probably this fine looking Alaska trucker hat. No needlepoint hats in the 49th state

Anchorage, Alaska June 1, 2026 Some of my too many photos from getting to and being in Anchorage yesterday and today. Jewel provides the playlist since she grew up in Alaska — right?

Courtyard by Marriott June 1, 2026 As I try to figure out at 7 AM if I can get two more hours of sleep I looked up “funny Alaska town names”: Chicken: Reportedly named because the founders wanted to name it after the state bird (Ptarmigan), but no one could agree on how to spell it. Unalaska: Sounds like an anti-Alaska statement, but it’s actually a simplified anglicized version of the native Aleut word Agunalaksh. Deadhorse: A grim but literal name, supposedly named after an

The moment you accept that you can't control the outcome is the moment you stop being controlled by it. ​​​​​ The people who seem most at peace aren't the ones who got everything they wanted. They're the ones who stopped wanting everything they couldn’t have. These admonitions ring true to me this morning. While traveling yesterday, I felt an unusual deep sense of calmness. It was not a conscious action I took — it was a feeling of truly being in the moment, confident I cou

Courtyard by Marriott (~$500/night) Anchorage is the most populous city in Alaska. With a population of 291,247 at the 2020 census, it contains nearly 40 percent of the state's population. The Anchorage metropolitan area, which includes Anchorage and the neighboring Matanuska-Susitna Borough, had a population of 398,328 in 2020, accounting for more than half the state's population. At 1,706 sq mi of land area, the city is the fourth-largest by area in the U.S. Anchorage is i

May 31, 3026 The longest regularly scheduled Boeing 737 flights today are operated by newer long-range variants like the 737 MAX 8. One of the current record-holders is: * Brasília (BSB) → Orlando (MCO) on Brazil’s GOL Linhas Aéreas Boeing 737 MAX 8 * Distance: about 3,777 miles (6,078 km) * Flight time: roughly 8 hours 20 minutes Among U.S. airlines, a notable upcoming ultra-long 737 route is: * Seattle (SEA) → Reykjavík (KEF) on Alaska Airlines 737 MAX 8 * Dist