moving to Rural Alaska
#93
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Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Spring Lake, Michigan
Posts: 978
I have visited twice and had a wonderful time on both trips.
Alaska is truly a beautiful state and the people are warm and so freindly.
However, I can't wait until she gets back into the lower 48 so that we can hug those little ones.
#94
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Carlisle, PA
Posts: 1,964
I must correct myself for my attached statement. I went back and checked and found I'm old and my brain isn't working. I don't often make such a dumb whoops, but when I'm wrong I have to own up to it. I apologize for correcting what was already correct! Now I'm going to crawl back under my rock and be quiet!![QUOTE=Debbie C;5858261]I see many posts here referring to Alaska as 'AK'....the O.C.D. in me has to make a correction here. The abbreviation for Alaska is 'AL'......I am very excited for you - this sounds like an amazing opportunity. Please keep us up to date.
#95
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Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Bluebell
Posts: 4,291
breaks my heart to think of you leaving yr quilts behind. Do you have a dear friend you can leave them with for the time being? I sure hope so. If I lived closer, I would keep them for you til you were ready for them again. Really think this all thru. I do like the idea of the space bags, may ck them out myself. Best to you!
#98
Alaska
You'd better look again. AL is Alabama. AK is Alaska.
#99
Alaska is my home. I lived there 32 years, longer than anywhere else. I lived in Fairbanks, Kenai/Soldotna, Kodiak, Anchorage, and even Bethel. My kids were born there and my first two grandkids. Two of my kids still live in Wasilla. I made the mistake of following my daughter (the one with the grandkids) to Georgia when we retired. Now we have bought a house and are STUCK. The daughter (and, more importantly, the grandkids have moved to OK. Oh, how I wish we were still in Alaska. Having said that, good luck to you. I lived in AK for 24 yrs. prior to moving to Bethel. I had lived in Kodiak for 6 yrs. and that remoteness did not prepare me for Bethel. Of course, I had heard all the horror stories about Bethel. Most of them are true. You have to be one tough individual to survive life in the bush. I made a lot of friends in Bethel, and did a lot of quilting. There were 2 stores that carried some fabric, but I was fortunate in that I could get into Anchorage fairly often and shop. We had a super guild in Bethel and had some great times, even did "retreats" in the FAA housing community center. People in Alaska are divided into two groups: those who love it, and those who hate it. Those of us who love it wish those others would just leave or shut up.
Best of luck to you. I would love to hear about your adventure.
Best of luck to you. I would love to hear about your adventure.
#100
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Anchorage, AK
Posts: 1,398
Hear! Hear!...about the two groups of people, especially. (I felt the same way about a few places I've lived and that's why I left them....) You never really know what you'll like till you try it...
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