Hey Bro Michael,
I am up here in the interior, Fairbanks, Alaska. You should come up at least one in your lifetime, Alaska is amazing and I feel blessed to live up here. I know I plan to go to Texas again someday. As far as lodges, there are five districts, one grand lodge, and I am not sure how many individual lodges there are in total. I am in district one which includes, Fairbanks, North Pole, and Valdez, and my Lodge is Tanana No. 3. There is one other Blue in my city and another in the nearby city of North Pole. There are also I believe 3 PH Lodges as well. As far as the appending bodies, I am not sure as I am still near the beginning and focusing on that for now.
Thank you for your welcome and I a look forward to future correspondence!