[umgud]

I spent 10 days there on a fishing trip. It was the best trip I ever took. Flew to Anchorage, met up with my dad and brother, rented a car, drove to Soldotna on the Kenai Pennensula. Stayed in a cabin on a lake. Drove the area for sightseeing, Seward, Homer, etc. Went on floatplane trips, drifted the Kenai and Kassilhof rivers, caught huge halibuts out of Homer.

I will go back to AK and see other places.

[Doc Savage]

Living in Alaska is decidely different than visiting Alaska. You had better be self-sufficient, no children, have at least 2 years of funds available as a backstop, be prepared to ostracized as an outsider, learn to live off the land, prepare to freeze to death in the winter, and forgo the civilized life you're used to.

I lived there for almost three years, some time in villages off the coast. Alcoholism and cabin fever claim a lot of people. Be prepared. An incredibly beautiful state, great wildlife. But tough as nails in the bush.