Anchorage! (?)

I got into Anchorage at about 12:45 this afternoon.  It's about a 6 hour flight from Chicago (plus another hour and a half from New York), but the last 2 hours of the flight have incredible views (pictures later) if there isn't too much cloud cover.  After waking up at 4 AM (Eastern) to catch an early flight, I can't put a coherent post together right now.  So here are a few observations.