The ***OFFICIAL*** Weekend Singles' Thread -- "Alaska Singles Thread (January 05 - 07, 2007,)

various | 5th January 2007 | Proud_yank

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The 49th State - The Last Frontier
by proud_yank

Having recently moved here, I thought an Alaskan Singles Thread would be pretty fun.

Alaska is the largest state in America, roughly twice the size of Texas (sorry Texas!).

Putting Alaska into perspective. The Aleutian Islands over California, and South-eastern Alaska over Georgia.

An interesting fact I learned the other day is that in addition to being the Western and Northern-most state, Alaska is also the Eastern-most state too. The Western tip of the Aleutian Islands is just West of the International Dateline.

Alaska can be separated into five regions. The Far North (Also known as the 'North Slope') extends from the Brooks Range (the Northern-most extension of the Rocky Mountains) to the Arctic Ocean. Here are some photos of the Brooks Range, and the North Slope region. Barrow is the most Northern city in America. For fun, here is Barrow's weather.

Most people in Alaska live in Southcentral Alaska (Anchorage), and then the Interior (Fairbanks). Temperatures in the interior are sometimes colder than in the Arctic. Western Alaska is famous for the finish of the Iditarod dog-sled race in Nome. Southeastern, and the Interior, are famous for the Klondike gold rush.

Juneau, the state capitol is located in Southeastern Alaska. As a staunch conservative, it makes me smile that the govt. is located somewhere that can only be reached by boat or plane :-).

The Regions of Alaska

There are lots of moose here, and you really have to be careful driving. In the winter moose will come down from the mountains, and casually stroll through downtown Anchorage. We had one right outside the front door of our main office today! Other animals here include caribou, grizzly, polar, and black bears, muskoxen, beaver, otters, wolves, wolverines, tons of birds, and lots of delicious fish!

Some other interesting info about Alaska....

At 20,320 ft., Alaska has North America's highest peak, Denali.
State bird - Willow Ptarmigan.
State fish - King Salmon.
State tree - Sitka Spruce.
State spore - Dog mushing.
State animal - Moose.
State flower - Wild Native Forget-me-Not.
State song - 'Alaska's Flag'.

Eight stars of gold on a field of blue -
Alaska's flag. May it mean to you
The blue of the sea, the evening sky,
The mountain lakes, and the flow'rs nearby;
The gold of the early sourdough's dreams,
The precious gold of the hills and streams;
The brilliant stars in the northern sky,
The "Bear" - the "Dipper" - and, shining high,
The great North Star with its steady light,
Over land and sea a beacon bright.
Alaska's flag - to Alaskans dear,
The simple flag of a last frontier.

Here are some of my photos that I've put online so far

[proud_yank]

SNOWY! I got moderately stuck in 4wd at the top of my driveway coming home on Wed, and proceeded to plow the top layer of the fresh snow with the front of my car. There is probably 2' on my roof, I'll see if I can get some pics tomorrow and post them.

The days are getting noticeably longer though.

[ilovew]

It looks beautiful there. I'd like to visit someday. Just not in the winter. As a true Southerner, I tend to start whimpering when the temperature gets below 55 or 60. :)

[proud_yank]

This is something I really want to do someday, and have wanted to for some time. There are some really good pics on this site too.

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A lot of people miss off the s at the end of surname

[Dmitry Vukicevich]

God Bless your husband. I like the picture of you and Hannity.

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Is Kate your full name or are you a Kathrine?

[darkangel82]

I lived through 17+ years of Ohio winters with the temps often in the teens or below. So be thankful you live in the South lol.

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It was interesting posting this for Pround_yank I learned quite a bit about Alaska it looks a lovely place to visit not sure I would want to live there.

[Dmitry Vukicevich]

I have heard people mangle even the easiest of names.

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My dad used to do that sort of thing

[Dmitry Vukicevich]

My tolerance is about 70. lol

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No problem you did the difficult bit I just pushed the buttons LOL

[proud_yank]

I'm sorry to hear about that. On the other hand, I think you're in the right field! If you have ever had thoughts about moving to Alaska, you can send me your resume.

[proud_yank]

LOL It is much appreciated!

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Seems to be the way it is going the receptionist at work was due to have an op this morning and she was expecting to be home soon after lunch.

[ilovew]

My New Year's was fine. Kinda boring. The plate was put in last July. So I guess it was in for about five months. When I had it put in, the doctor there said it would have to be in for at least a year but my worker's comp person assured my mother that it was perfectly fine at my age to get it out sooner than that, especially since the bone was healed and the plate was causing problems.

Yikes! That sounds a lot more painful than mine was. I just tripped and twisted my ankle. (Still have no clue how that managed to break it.) I hope he has a high tolerance for pain. Or a lot of pain meds.

[ilovew]

Lol oh, you're so funny :P This is my excuse to be lazy for the rest of my life. I'm kinda sad that I don't have the plate in my ankle to use as an excuse anymore lol.

[WFTR]

Alaska is too far away for me, but I'd love to find a big piece of land down here. Building my own log cabin would be okay but not that big a draw. The nice thing would just be living somewhere with no one to bother me.

Bill

[WFTR]

Thanks for the offer. My thoughts about moving to Alaska ended about ten years ago. I hope that this field has plenty of jobs. I've done a little surfing for them, and I haven't found much.

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As a summer home or to live there all the time?