Haines, Alaska is the bees knees. In lieu of recent perspectives, I wanted to share mine, from a set of newbie eyes. I haven’t been in the thick of the recent conversations held within our tight-knit community, but I have seen something that most overlook because it’s so simplistic: existence. Spoiler alert, this is what makes us, us.

I’ve seen you, just as you’ve seen me – transferring a friendly acknowledgement.

When we arrived in…