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Post by frostbite on Nov 3, 2006 12:44:41 GMT -5
Greetings! I been offered a position with Princess Tours! I will be in Fairbanks starting in January. Then transfer to Denali National Park. Wow! I am totally excited!!! Pinch me I must be dreaming! It only took three years and tons of applications to get noticed. Hope to meet up with you-ins this season! I will be working at Denali national park maintaining the Tour Buses for Princess. This is GREAT!!
Frostbite
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Post by Chuck on Nov 3, 2006 13:12:50 GMT -5
CONGRATULATIONS ! ! ! ! ! That's GREAT news! Hope you enjoy it. I'm sure that one thing will lead to another and you'll get settled in. Didn't you say that you had some land up here already that you were trying to sell so you could buy something you really wanted? Or something like that?  Best wishes, and keep us posted, Jenny |
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Post by frostbite on Nov 4, 2006 9:32:40 GMT -5
Yes I have 20 acres about 2 1/2 miles due north of Copper Center and about 2000 feet from the pipeline. The view of Mtns in the Wrengall St Elias NP is AWSOME!! What I need to do for now is try to locate temporary housing near Fairbanks, I would like to find, is what Scott described as a Cabin rental, to stay in for the winter before I transfer to Denali in April. Know of any? Frostbite |
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Post by Chuck on Nov 4, 2006 11:22:06 GMT -5
Check with swmon she just moved to the Fairbanks area, she might know of something.
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Post by Washkeeton on Nov 4, 2006 12:44:29 GMT -5
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Post by Kristianna on Nov 4, 2006 18:39:49 GMT -5
congratulations, Frostbite! woohoo!
wishing it was me...
K
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Post by frostbite on Nov 5, 2006 10:40:41 GMT -5
I'm beginning to settle into the reality of this is actually happening after so many previous disappointments, It Is Going to Happen! and Kristianna, keep on dreaming! Dreams do come true!
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Post by marcie on Nov 6, 2006 12:47:28 GMT -5
Frostbite, this is my first post here, but I've been reading more of this site than I should in the last two days since I discovered the site. It's great! My husband Jim and I lived in the Fairbanks and Two Rivers area for a number of years, and while I didn't see the post you quoted that may have referred to a certain type of cabin there are a number of rental cabins in the general Fairbanks area. You need to be aware, however, that many have been created for mostly summer rentals, and they may not have heat, they may not have water inside, etc. Some are near the university north of Fairbanks with others on the outskirts, some south of town, some in North Pole (11 mi. east), and some out between Fairbanks and Two Rivers (30 mi. northeast). We had a friend visit one summer who wanted to rent a cabin and we helped her find one. She took one on Chena Hot Springs Road (out to, and beyond, Two Rivers) at about 10-mile, I believe and loved it. The ones near the university might be a good bet if some are available, as they may have heat, since university students do rent them in the winter. We found them all in the classifieds at the link above. In fact, if any of you haven't checked out the paper, you should. It still has a bit of the frontier feel of Fairbanks. While I was in Alaska I created a website that has grown a whole lot, but it still has a lot of the Alaska information on it. You can find it here: www.marciesalaskaweb.com/ We did not homestead there, and it's a much longer story than I can tell here, but we did live out in Two Rivers several years. I was ill and we had to leave the harsh weather in the Interior. We first moved to Central Oregon for two years, and last December to a small, very rural (actually very remote for California) area in the mountains dividing CA and Oregon, the Siskiyous, along the Klamath River. We live in a small (pop. 80) non-community called Hamburg. Our water comes from an open water source, we are in the middle of a beautiful national forest, and we have a two-hour drive to Medford, Oregon to get supplies, visit the doctor, etc. This is as remote as we can get now, but it suits us in the situation. I have loved homesteading since the year after Mother Earth News magazine was started, when I discovered it - now that dates me, and you don't have to guess, I will tell you; I am 68 years old. I have cancer, and when you have to fight for every birthday (and I am only here due to the grace of our Lord), they take on a whole new meaning and are a cause for celebration once more. Anyway, I am digressing, as usual. Absolutely love the site - oh, and by the way, Jenny and Chuck, I discovered it on another site we've had, for the National Land Rights League; someone followed your link to that site, and I found your site in the visitor's statistics on the website. Jim and I have been wandering through all the posts ever since. Thanks for this! There are lots of posts I'd like to respond to, as I have time. If you see my site you'll see I love to write, and loved Alaska. I saw as much of it as I could while there. I admire all of you who are out there, and wish you the best of luck. Marcie |
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Post by mtmamaak on Nov 20, 2006 3:09:58 GMT -5
Hey. Frostbite, welcome to Alaska. If you will be working at Denali, you might be looking for a place to live right here in Healy. I even work for the company who recently leased our building to Princess for their bus maintenance during the summer - the Laidlaw school bus barn . I sometimes drive a suburban to pick up railroad engineers who have to lay over part way between Fairbanks and Anchorage. Doesn't pay much, but I get to do my laundry there. Maybe I'll run into you this summer!
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