After nearly a year of lockdowns, social restrictions, business closures, and other weird drama from the COVID pandemic, I know many are ready to revive postponed travel plans to Alaska. If this is you, and you plan to either drive directly or rent a car upon arrival, you should consider getting a copy of the Alaska travel bible, The Milepost. This year, one of my images of Denali’s summit, as viewed from the Northside, was used on the cover. I took the photo adjacent to a tundra pond encircled with the white tufts of Alaska cottongrass