Wow, surprising that Sarah and Todd would leave Wasilla.
My husband and I drove right up to Sarah's gate (with its big American flag across it) last July when we were in Alaska. We had some extra time, and the sun didn't set until around 1:00 am, so we took a drive up to Wasilla, lol.
Wasilla isn't as beautiful as I pictured... at least what we saw of it. Lots of dive-bar 'saloons' and kind of run-down buildings.
Her property -- which is a small compound of buildings -- is only a few feet off a fairly busy road (I think it was Route 3, the Parks Highway), right smack next to a Best Western Hotel on Lake Lucille. I think there's a railroad track between the street and her property line, if I remember correctly. The view of the lake is really nice, but she doesn't have as much privacy as I expected.
Wasilla felt very, very remote to me. It's about 44 miles NE of Anchorage. Long lonely drive out there and back to Anchorage. I'm guessing Wasilla probably has more moose than people!
I was stationed at Fort Richardson for 3 years. I couldn’t wait to leave AK.
“Wasilla isn’t as beautiful as I pictured... at least what we saw of it. Lots of dive-bar ‘saloons’”
Some of those bars are where I’ve had some of my most fun times. Also the bars around Big Lake — just beyond Wasilla — and on islands in the lake. Take boats in the summer, and in the winter you drive over the ice when you know it’s safe.
I don’t see her happy anywhere else, and expect they’ll return to Alaska again even if they leave now. It gets in your blood.