We've been to Anchorage and Fairbanks twice now. In the summer, both
were beautiful.
I couldn't get over finishing dinner at 10 PM at the Pump House
Restaurant and walking out to full daylight.
Boaters were all over the Chena River, like it was the middle of the day.
We both grew up in Michigan, but left the midwest right after college.
But, unfortunately, after 38 years in the sun, I get cold if the
temperature drops below 60F.
It's depressing here when we lose DST and it's completely dark at 5 PM.
I have a good friend in Anchorage - Jim, AL7FS. We always make it a
point to visit when we're in town.
After living in good-sized cities all of our lives, it was amazing to go
out to Delta Junction and hear nothing but nature.
Definitely a treat after the overpopulated LA area.
73 de Jim - AD6CW
On 7/16/2013 6:01 PM, Edward R Cole wrote:
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
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