When Eric Crusius boarded his recent American Airlines flight from Washington to Dallas, the air conditioning was powered down and the cabin started to heat up quickly, just as you might expect an aluminum tube to do under the heat of the late summer sun.

The U.S. Air Force is auctioning off six recreational cabins in the Kenai Peninsula community of Seward, and they could be a steal. The minimum bid starts at $25, but the winning bidders must commit to having the 32-by-32-foot duplex cabins -- containing two identical living areas -- moved from their current location by May 15.

While some might enjoy roughing it outside, others definitely prefer the luxury of running water and a roof. Here are seven log cabin homes for the varying levels of glampers out there. Happy glamping!

Mick Dodge joins HuffPost Live to discuss the joy he finds when he "steps out of the modern world."

We arrived in the rain. As the taxi took us down a winding country road, the driver said 'I'm from London, where you can be quite anonymous. But over here, everyone knows each other.' Even in the rain, the last rays of sun casted a soft blue hue against a row of trees in the woodland.