Valdez is 220 miles from my house in Anchorage which means either moving there, or just going home on weekends and having a country place so the family could join me for the summer. What is nice about Valdez it is a town 100 miles from the next town nestled at the foot of the Elias Range on a long fiord. After work a 15 minute drive puts you in world class skiing, white wate rafting, fishing streams and hunting. The xtreme skiing finals took place ther many times an Moe Green Olympic skier is from there. It also is the terminus for the alaska pipeline, accross the bay.
thanx,
bill