Glenn Ashmore wrote

Alaskans are unusual people though. Nobody is actually from there and
everybody plans to leave sooner or later so newcommers fit in fairly
quickly. They are locked indoors for 7 months of the year and when it
starts to show even a little sign of warming up they go a little nuts.

Glenn, do you realize that you just insulted 100,000 people or so?. There
are a
hell of a lot of people born and raised in Alaska. They aren't the ones
however the live south for the winter and fly (or boat) up in the summer to
make money then leave. Neither are they the ones sitting inside for 7
months of the year.

Unfortunately there are a lot of people up here that fit the description you
gave. They generally are brought up by the military, oil companies, for
fishing (lodges, commercial fishing or processing jobs), or to cater to
tourists. Don't judge Alaska by what you see in Anchorage, Fairbanks
or Juneau. That is like judging Florida and everyone that lives there by
what you see in Kissimmee.

Scott

Glenn Ashmore wrote

Alaskans are unusual people though. Nobody is actually from there and
everybody plans to leave sooner or later so newcommers fit in fairly
quickly. They are locked indoors for 7 months of the year and when it
starts to show even a little sign of warming up they go a little nuts.

Glenn, do you realize that you just insulted 100,000 people or so?. There
are a
hell of a lot of people born and raised in Alaska. They aren't the ones
however the live south for the winter and fly (or boat) up in the summer to
make money then leave. Neither are they the ones sitting inside for 7
months of the year.

Unfortunately there are a lot of people up here that fit the description you
gave. They generally are brought up by the military, oil companies, for
fishing (lodges, commercial fishing or processing jobs), or to cater to
tourists. Don't judge Alaska by what you see in Anchorage, Fairbanks
or Juneau. That is like judging Florida and everyone that lives there by
what you see in Kissimmee.

Scott

Gordon forgot to mention the volcanoes. :-)

I have a client in Fairbanks who has been nice enough to loan me his RV
for some salmon fishing.

Anchorage is actually a pretty nice town. Not nearly as cold as
Fairbanks but not as Quaint as Jeauneau. Mid winter mid day is about
like late afternoon in the real world but in the summer you can paddle
many miles between sunup and sunset. It never really gets dark in the
summer but it is not like Fairbanks where so bright at 2AM it is hard to
go to sleep.

I know nothing about kayaking but there are some rivers on the Kenai
Penensula that look interesting and the Susitna River has got to be a
real trip.

Alaskans are unusual people though. Nobody is actually from there and
everybody plans to leave sooner or later so newcommers fit in fairly
quickly. They are locked indoors for 7 months of the year and when it
starts to show even a little sign of warming up they go a little nuts.

Anne wrote:
Hi

Sometimes I consider moving to Alaska (Anchorage/southwestern, eg
Kenai area) - I know the sea kayaking can't be beat! Just wondering
if anyone can shed some light on life OFF the water.

I am particularly interested in what winters are like considering
there is very little sunlight (another question there - just how
*much* sunlight does southern Alaska get in the winter).

Thanks and happy paddlin'

Anne

ann_in_colorado @ yahoo . com

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Anne wrote in message
m...
Hi

Sometimes I consider moving to Alaska (Anchorage/southwestern, eg
Kenai area) - I know the sea kayaking can't be beat! Just wondering
if anyone can shed some light on life OFF the water.

I am particularly interested in what winters are like considering
there is very little sunlight (another question there - just how
*much* sunlight does southern Alaska get in the winter).

Thanks and happy paddlin'

Anne

You might want to pose this question on alt.culture.alaska.

Scott

Anne wrote in message
m...
Hi

Sometimes I consider moving to Alaska (Anchorage/southwestern, eg
Kenai area) - I know the sea kayaking can't be beat! Just wondering
if anyone can shed some light on life OFF the water.

I am particularly interested in what winters are like considering
there is very little sunlight (another question there - just how
*much* sunlight does southern Alaska get in the winter).

Thanks and happy paddlin'

Anne

You might want to pose this question on alt.culture.alaska.

Scott

Anne wrote:

Just wondering if anyone can shed some light on life OFF the water.

Appalachia by the sea ...

Rick