I vote yes on the beard as long as you go all the way with the "lumberjack fantasy" and wear the worn flannel shirt and the steel-toe leather boots too. Of course, you must also have rock-hard biceps from chopping wood all day that strain at the soft cloth of your shirt which is rolled up above your elbows revealing the wiry hair on your tan arms as you grip the axe in your large stong hands and....

..to be continued in my post-Alaska trip post.


"Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?" - Mary Oliver