raybonz said:
Talk about picturesque! While I love the terrain there the winters must be hard to get used to.. I noticed the gas there is about 60 cents a gal. more than here at the moment.. Are prices much higher than here on everything? Being in a more remote place I would think things are always a bit harder to accomplish yet it is so beautiful there it is worth the efforts..
Ray
Shipping charges have tripled the past 2 years so everything is more expensive. (Example: log splitter I got, $350 more due to shipping)
NG & Gasoline are higher cause "they can". We have 2 refineries, & the crude oil & low gas tax.
Gasoline made cheaper here than in lower 49, sold for more profit.
Can you tell you "hit a nerve"?
Say we're running out of NG in South central Alaska but Politicians & Oil Companies
want to build a 48" diameter NG pipeline to the Lower 48 thru Canada to sell our NG. (so not running out, it's about the money & who's pockets it goes in)
Price on it (NG) doubled last year.
So I started burning wood.
This year I got a $794 credit built up with local NG company thru the winter so burning wood helps allot. Few months with no NG bill will be nice. Help pay
for the shipping on the Log splitter
Salmon cheap (catch your own), land reasonable, (location location etc), I like it. Hawaii would be nice in Dec & Jan though
Summers are great, 60°s & 70°s. long daylight, great gardens.
Down side is the long winters but stay busy cutting wood & you don't notice too much.
From last week in Mar to Apr 30 is worst time, "break-up" have daylight & warm sun
but lakes are melting, snow melting, whole state smells like dog shi!!, top 2" are thawed & gooey, just can't do much outside but
really want to due to temps & being inside all winter ("cabin fever" time) Starting right about now. April best month (IMO) to go outside (like AZ or Hawaii)
I'm being "long winded", cabin fever symptom :bug: