I spent World Tourism Day flat on my back, in a state of almost complete paralysis from a severely pinched nerve, just like I've spent many days now since getting home from Alaska. It's not been fun but it has allowed me a lot of time for thinking and a conclusion I've come to is that Alaska is one of those near-perfect destinations that has something for everyone, one that is still not over saturated from a tourism perspective. I also love that in September you can be knee deep in snow on top of a glacier in the morning, hike through a forest of fall foliage in the afternoon before ending the day with a gourmet meal on top of another mountain. But it was the quiet moments like this one at Spencer Glacier Lagoon with @ascendingpath and my colleagues from #ATWS2016 that I loved most. To my core I love & crave the vibrance, the bountiful options of urban travel but rural vistas feed that deep primal longing in my soul. The one that first called me to be a traveler. The one that has calle...