Doubt if I could live anywheres else and feel normal. I feel sorry for you all that have to live under the conditions that you do, no freedom; but you get what you are willing to accept or if you let them have their way with you. NOthing behind my brushpile but big mountains for hundreds of miles so my backstop will have to do. Life is very good in Alaska.
Stop making me miss the North!
I spent the ‘70s following work around the Yukon, NWT, Northern Alberta, and BC’s North Peace. The sense of limitlessness in the wilderness is palpable.
Midwinter, there can be an otherworldly stillness and silence; in summer an explosion of life that overwhelms the senses. One often wonders why anyone would want to live anywhere near the Big Smoke.
I always enjoy your posts.
I used to live on a few acres, a mile down a dirt road here in Florida myself.
It really irritated me when unknown idiot(s) with a high caliber weapons decided to fire off a few rounds.
Generally after dark.
The terrain there was flat. We didn’t have forests, we had pastures and scrub bushes for miles, with homes and barns scattered about everywhere, on private land of two to twenty acres.
I think everyone owned guns, and none of us were the “cower in our homes” type.
A few of my neighbors were perfectly capable of determining where the shots originated, and ending the threats to our lives and property.I think the Sheriff really appreciated that we called and gave him a chance to peacefully “resolve” the situation.
This kind of law may not be needed where you live, but around here, it is.
More power to ya my friend. I love Alaska. Spent some time there myself and believe me when I say, I wish it could be like Alaska around here. I live in a fairly rural area of Wisconsin and enjoy a few of those things you probably take for granted. I would NEVER live in a big city and anywhere even close to one. Out town has 888 people.