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Alaska’s Softer Side

Avid adventure traveler David Hanson sets out to discover coastal Alaska’s less rugged, more indulgent attributes: hot-stone massages, gourmet food, leather-bound wine lists, and complimentary bathrobes.

Enjoying the night at Kachemak Bay Wilderness Lodge

Photographer Annie Schlechter

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Night Sounds

Over dinner, Mike pulls out an accordion he and Diane picked up in Vienna on one of their travels. A wide window separates this warm dining room of worldly conversation, good wine, and the rise and fall of foggy accordion tunes from one of the wildest and most remote coasts in the world. I’m living what I fantasize about when stuck in the cold and wet of out there.