Snowy day in Palmer

I know for a lot of people who know us, our life does not make sense. Most people do not understand why we would choose to live in Alaska after living in Syracuse, New York for three years. Nowadays I am actually finding myself trying to justify our decision to move to Alaska. All I can say to skeptics out there is that Alaska is nothing like you imagine. It is a beautiful wonderland with, yes, cold temperatures but with views that you would never encounter anywhere else in the world. Having born in a place who does not get colder than 6o F, I did not think I would like it here either. But everyting I thought about this place before moving to here has changed. One thing, there is a very cute cafe called Vagabond Cafe. I remember being so frustrated about living in Syracuse because there were no cafes that were open on Sundays or after 5 pm. There was no place to go and hang out with a book or chat with your friends other than Starbucks or Barnes and Noble cafe. It was beyond depressing. Here, there is a cafe that we can go to 7 days a week and they serve great chai lattes and caramel lattes.
I remember being in middle school and watching the tv series, "Northern Exposure" and thinking to myself how cool would that be to live in a place like that little town. Well let's just say ladies and gentlemen I am living in that town.
Ohh by the way, two weekends ago, we were in Anchorage with another couple (our neighbors from here) and we were visiting their family. Their family live in a townhome complex close to downtown Anchorage and we saw a moose family. It was mama moose, papa moose and the little moose hanging out in the backyards of these townhomes looking for food. Wherelse in the world would you be able to say, today i saw a moose in the middle of a busy city?
Anyways, as anybody who is reading this can tell, I am mesmerized by my life here in Alaska, just wanted to share.