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

various | 5th January 2007 | Proud_yank

[snugs]

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

[darkangel82]

Toasting brain cells? Getting sloshed again? lol

[rzeznikj at stout]

you know it...

but then again, a beer can be better than a woman </homer>

[darkangel82]

LOL.
haven't had any drinks here since New Year's, but that's good, cause alcohol does weird things to me...

[rzeznikj at stout]

D'OH!!! (LOL)

mmmm, beer...8^)

[rzeznikj at stout]

hey, where'd everybody go?

[Maximus_Ridiculousness]

Hola.

I'm here for another 15 min. Then I gotta take care of some stuff.

[rzeznikj at stout]

that makes two--still wondering where Phil is...

[darkangel82]

dunno, did we scare everyone off? lol

[rzeznikj at stout]

[rzeznikj at stout]

but no, maybe our lil friend here did...

[Maximus_Ridiculousness]

Yah, me too. Must have a date tonight with his gf. Or, lost his internet connection. I can't even IM him tonight. Hope he's off having a good time.

[rzeznikj at stout]

"Must have a date tonight with his gf."

That's good, though i wish i could say the same

"Or, lost his internet connection. I can't even IM him tonight."

That's not good...

"Hope he's off having a good time."

i think everyone does...

[Maximus_Ridiculousness]

Oh Phillllllllllllllllll!

Where arrrrrrrrre youuuuuuuuuuuuuuu?!?!

[pcottraux]

Hey! Did you give up on me? I was out late tonight.

Anyone around?

[DollyCali]

The pix of you I posted *the thank you pix* in post 12 seems to have disappeared as have all my urls.. so here it is in Tiny Pic...

[DollyCali]

Hi Phil.. I am late returning also. I still haven't really read last week=ends thread. Just posted a couple of my pix. I guess you might be up next weekend.. check w/snugs, who is now doing scheduling

[DollyCali]

I agreee with other comments re: your profile page. I haven't been there recently..It is really nice & I love the updates in info & esp the long & great Disney section.

[pcottraux]

heck w/snugs, who is now doing scheduling

So what's up, snugs?

[ilovew]

Phil! How are you? How's Crystal? :)

[pcottraux]

Hey Kate. I'm doing fine, and so's she. Nothing much going on tonight...just sitting back and relaxing for the evening (or early morning or whatever).