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Post by woodsman on Apr 12, 2006 20:36:12 GMT -5
It's been almost a year since my last post, but I finaly have DSL at home again. I've checked in on the fourm from work, but never have the time to post. It's good to see that it has grown. not much in my life has changed in the last year. I'm still saving up a nest egg to buy some remote alaskan bush property and build a cabin. The company I was working for lost a military contract, and I was laid off in December, but it ended up being a blessing in disguise I now have a job that has beter pay and benfits and I can work overtime any time I like. this will help my bush fund grow much more rapidly, although it has been dificult getting used to working a desk job. I hope to post reguarly from now on
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Post by Jenny on Apr 13, 2006 1:00:44 GMT -5
Glad to have you back with us! When we moved back out here to our bush homestead last summer, we discovered that we no longer had internet access. Finally got StarBand in January, which has been nice. We haven't been posting or keeping things going lately as much as we'd like. Lots of other things going on right now. But, the forum has been growing and it sounds like there are lots of other folks like you who are planning their move "North to Alaska" Any timeframe for moving up to Alaska, or any ideas yet as to what part of the state you'd like to move? I remember planning my move up here. It sure was fun to plan, and was a dream come true when I finally headed up here. Best wishes to you, and we hope to see you around here. Jenny & Chuck
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Post by woodsman on Apr 13, 2006 12:12:56 GMT -5
I actualy spent 9 months working in Fairbanks in 2004. I am definitly looking to move to the interior. The cold dose not bother me, but I don't like the wet snow that the Keni penusula gets. The area noth of Denali park and west of the parks highway has some properties that look good and there are a few around Tok. I would prefer somthing with River access because of the money that could be saved by boating in my supplies myself as opposed to having a bush pilot fly them in. I have looked at some of the property offered by the Alaska state dnr and I know that most of these properties are seasonly occupied at best, but I would still be concerned about the added hunting and traping presures that the seasonal dwellers would bring. It will be 2 to 3 years before I can make the move From Idaho permanantly, but I may buy my land within the next year.
How do you like starband? Starband and some sort of Voice over ip phone service looks like the best option for comunicating in the bush, at least on paper, but I haven't heard too much from actual starband users.
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Post by Washkeeton on Apr 13, 2006 12:42:20 GMT -5
Hey, long time no see. I am glad you are still around. I think I pmd you some time last year. Wondered what happened to you. Since you were here I asked Chuck and Jenny to put up a singles place you might like to post in. Just a thought.
Hey did you ever go to work on a fishing boat??? That was the last thing I think you posted you were thinking of doing. Later.
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Post by Jenny on Apr 13, 2006 15:07:34 GMT -5
How do you like starband? Starband and some sort of Voice over ip phone service looks like the best option for comunicating in the bush, at least on paper, but I haven't heard too much from actual starband users. StarBand has been wondeful for us. In lots of places, though, you can probably get a cell phone to work, and also have internet access. Depending on the phone company and the type of service, it may not cost any more than regualr phone service. That's the way it is for us, except the phone company switchet from analog to digital, which doesn't work well at all. Satelite phone won't work for us eiter because the upload speed isn't fast enough. We could upgrade to a better modem, which wouldn't be terribly expensive, but with that one, the monthly charge more than doubles. So, for now, we just keep fighting the phone company because we pay a year in advance, but now the phone works only about 20% of the time. Chuck and I would love to move back to the interior, but it seems to be getting more crowded. River access would be great! The climate is so much better in the interior than here. We live in south central AK, but a really high snow area, and lots of wet snow. We still have about 3-4 feet on the ground. In most years, however, we'd still have about 5-6 feet now.
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Post by woodsman on Apr 13, 2006 22:38:15 GMT -5
I didn't think of cell phone service. I guess it would depend a lot on the terain, but If I could get service from a major provider like sprint or verizon they usualy offer Broadband plans as well.
Hey Washkeeton, glad to hear from you too. I decided not to go fish Processing, it would have been decent money, but not worth giving up a year round job for. I've seen the singles place mabey i'll give it a shot some time. I think my problem is that most girls my age would rather spend their day downloading songs to their ipod and shoping, than living a subsistance lifestyle in the alaskan bush. Most of them have a dumbfounded look on their face when I tell them I spent 9 months in Fairbanks without running watter. By the way thanks for the land info, talk to you latter.
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Post by Washkeeton on Apr 14, 2006 22:02:25 GMT -5
lol Too funny. I know the feeling cause when I go visit outside folks that have never been here look at me funny and ask a bunch of questions starting with WHY would you want to live that way. Any way when time permits I will pm you a bunch of web sites for land. I figure really the way you will find what you want is to live there and look around while you are there. Got a bunch of info on the Greenland huskie dogs we were talking about way back (canadian eskimo). Have been talking to a lot of different folks and they said if your lookiing for a person to go to the woods with you ought to live in a village or area just out of the bush where you want to be, there by making contacts as you go. Really not a bad thought process.
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