I have the opposite issue. My Wife having been born and raised in Kodiak, AK, would be perfectly happy to live there full time. I think I'd eventually go nuts being a nine hour ferry ride to the mainland. Don't mind spending summers there, but we haven't been able to go the last two years. I had all the reservations made for our drive up and the ferry ride last spring. First thing that happened was the hotel in Whitehorse, YT, canceled our reservation, then the State of Alaska shut down the ferries. The other reservations tumbled after that.
Spring visitor in our yard --
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We are right in town along the channel into the harbor.