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Gary On 17 July 2013 16:09, Hop - AC8NS <[email protected]> wrote: > Wow! My young wife wants us to move to Alaska. Are you "homesteading" on > that USFS land? How far do you have to drive your sled dogs to get > supplies? Are there any downsides to living in Alaska? Can I get broadband > Internet service in the wilderness? Are you snowed in during the winter? > Ancient minds want to know the downside because I can only afford to move > once more at my age. My wife has timber harvesting, animal husbandry > skills, and we both know how to garden. > > Oh, do I need an exit visa from the lower forty-eight? > > 73 de AC8NS > Hop > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Edward R Cole" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2013 9:01 PM > Subject: [Elecraft] OT: no CC&Rs and no HOA > > > I left all that behind in 1979 when I moved north. Better luck finding >> such property here in Alaska. >> >> I moved from LA to a town of 75 at the end of a 16-mile dead-end gravel >> road. >> I harvested 17,000 board feet of FREE timber for my self-built two-story >> log house (USFS land). >> Firewood was just go get it - no permits! >> >> Where I currently live, about 100 miles west of that little town, there >> is no city gov't, no building permits, no convenants, no zoning, nada! I >> put up my two 50-foot towers and a 16-foot dish, built a 12x40 foot shed, >> installed a six dog kennel for my sled dogs, and installed a back driveway >> without intervention by gov't. >> >> Not likely I will ever move back to "America". Can't afford to. Got no >> state income or sales tax. No property tax for seniors. And the state >> gives both of us checks just to live here (Alaska Permanent Fund). >> >> A hot day is 70F! Never have to water the lawn. >> We paid $170K for our 3-bed, 2-bath 12-year old home on 1-3/4 acres. >> >> shhhhh - I didn't tell you! >> >> 73, Ed - KL7UW >> >> ------------------- >> You got that right! It's becoming almost impossible to find a new home >> without CC&Rs. >> We're planning a final move in the next few years, possibly to >> KH6-land. My two challenges to the realtor: no CC&Rs and no HOA. >> >> 73 de Jim - AD6CW >> >> >> 73, Ed - KL7UW >> http://www.kl7uw.com >> [email protected] >> "Kits made by KL7UW" >> ______________________________**______________________________**__ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: >> http://mailman.qth.net/**mailman/listinfo/elecraft<http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft> >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.**htm<http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm> >> Post: mailto:[email protected].**net <[email protected]> >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> > > ______________________________**______________________________**__ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: > http://mailman.qth.net/**mailman/listinfo/elecraft<http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft> > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.**htm<http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm> > Post: mailto:[email protected].**net <[email protected]> > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > -- *Gary - VK1ZZ Skype: Gary.VK1ZZ http://www.qsl.net/vk1zz Motorhome Portable The Shack* *Elecraft K3 P3 Panadapter KPA500FT KAT500FT** * ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
