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

[ilovew]

Hey :) How are you?

[RockinRight]

Excellent, and you?

[darkangel82]

Good evening.

[RockinRight]

What's new, Dark?

[ilovew]

Not bad.

[ilovew]

Hey! How are ya?

[darkangel82]

Just sitting here watching football...you?

[ilovew]

Watching TV and sticking to my "I'm cute and pathetic" act so I don't have to do anything. :P

[WFTR]

Nope, I haven't seen the Good Shepherd. I hope you enjoy it. I should clean my kitchen, but I won't. I think I'd rather have a lady who looks good than a lady who can cut wood.

[RockinRight]

Hanging around.

Are you watching the Seattle/Dallas game?

[WFTR]

At least you hurt your elbow doing fun things. Roller skating is okay, and going to a waterfall is seriously fun.

[darkangel82]

Yep. I guess that and hanging around are all we have to do tonight.

[ilovew]

Yeah, that's true.

[tillacum]

After the national anthem, we sang the Akaskan "anthe,". The flighy into Anchorage looks about the same, for fall. Flew that route many times.

[snugs]

Wow what lovely photos

[krunkygirl]

Listening to the game--it's on in the next room...hello to all

[ilovew]

Howdy :)

[krunkygirl]

do you watch football? :)

[WFTR]

Hello kg!

[ilovew]

Nope. Football confuses me.