12-29-2003, 01:45 PM
You can do it Bubba! It seems that whatever kind of work you do, there's some of it in Alaska.
Plan to migrate for a year or so....(that's what a lot of the long timers did) This is my Opinion on going to Alaska: It cost's just about as much to go for a long vacation, fishing and sightseeing, as it does to move up there. Lot's of people just rent out the 'lower 48' house and move up!
You'll get hooked. Friends and family can only be entertaining for a certain amount of time. But then it's time to go fishing!
When it's time to go Steelhead fishing, King Salmon fishing, Silver Salmon fishing, Red Salmon fishing (the best of the lot) or fishing for the big Rainbows and Dolly Varden, you better give up the rest of your life, because, when the last fish is caught in August or early September, it's time to store that fishing stuff, and get out the Hunting gear.
With a Gun, Muzzle loader or a Bow(My favorite) the hunting is all around you. Fly in, walk in, ATV in, Drifting down a river, for the Low land species. You can make big 'Dream trips' or just go locally, but there's plenty if you work at it.
Those Mountain Goats and Sheep were always too far for me to walk. But I ate lots of Moose, Caribou and Black Bear. And after the Hunting is all over, you are into Ice Fishing.
In the Early spring you get out the Halibut gear, and the cycle starts all over.
You hardly have time to rest between trips.
Save some money for the College All star Baseball league in the Summer, the College and AAA Hockey leagues during the winter.
High School football and Basket ball. College Basket ball as well.
Alaska is the kind of trip you can do when your young. It gets tougher as you get older. Use it or lose it!
You must not forget the wife and kids though. Bring them along and make sure it's fun for them.
Use the Net, chamber of commerce, Anchorage daily news (ADN.com) and the Fiarbanks Miner for research.
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Plan to migrate for a year or so....(that's what a lot of the long timers did) This is my Opinion on going to Alaska: It cost's just about as much to go for a long vacation, fishing and sightseeing, as it does to move up there. Lot's of people just rent out the 'lower 48' house and move up!
You'll get hooked. Friends and family can only be entertaining for a certain amount of time. But then it's time to go fishing!
When it's time to go Steelhead fishing, King Salmon fishing, Silver Salmon fishing, Red Salmon fishing (the best of the lot) or fishing for the big Rainbows and Dolly Varden, you better give up the rest of your life, because, when the last fish is caught in August or early September, it's time to store that fishing stuff, and get out the Hunting gear.
With a Gun, Muzzle loader or a Bow(My favorite) the hunting is all around you. Fly in, walk in, ATV in, Drifting down a river, for the Low land species. You can make big 'Dream trips' or just go locally, but there's plenty if you work at it.
Those Mountain Goats and Sheep were always too far for me to walk. But I ate lots of Moose, Caribou and Black Bear. And after the Hunting is all over, you are into Ice Fishing.
In the Early spring you get out the Halibut gear, and the cycle starts all over.
You hardly have time to rest between trips.
Save some money for the College All star Baseball league in the Summer, the College and AAA Hockey leagues during the winter.
High School football and Basket ball. College Basket ball as well.
Alaska is the kind of trip you can do when your young. It gets tougher as you get older. Use it or lose it!
You must not forget the wife and kids though. Bring them along and make sure it's fun for them.
Use the Net, chamber of commerce, Anchorage daily news (ADN.com) and the Fiarbanks Miner for research.
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