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My wife and I are moving to Libby, MT on Sunday after 24 years in Alaska. I'm going to miss the friends I have made over the years, but it is time for something different.

Without prying, what about Alaska do you need a change from that Montana will give. If the answer is personal and not geographical ignore the question.

Rob-
Have a safe trip! Hope to see you 'down the road' in a year or two. We'll miss you at the rodeos.

When you get to Libby, look up a local taxidermist there, you can usually find him hanging out at his shop, the Ford dealership or the gym.

Ask him when was the last time he had his azz whupped by the handsomest, nancy boy, hair curling machine in existence!


Or alternatively, just ask him how many caribou he's killed with a hatchet.

That sucks man. Spent 18 years there and moved outside 2 years ago. Regret it every day. It's a tough choice. Good luck

Good luck. I lived on the KP for about 17 years. I stayed in AK but was ready for a change so I know what you mean. The friends I have there are about the only thing I miss. Kept my house in Sterling until this past year just in case I needed/wanted to go back.

I moved to Alaska in '82. In the fall of '14 I moved to Fairbanks to be with my wife while she goes to school. I've missed Alaska ever since. (I'm sure 2L2Q knows what I mean. )

lol do I ever Klik


couple in here yesterday from Oregon, she flew him up here for his b'day to see the northern lights.

they were so bored she came to get her hair done late afternoon. They left this morning to head to Anc.

Missed the UAF museum, small but nice as she was here till 7 and they close at 5 p.m.

they saw a trickle of aurora, but that's about it.

when they asked me what there was to do here???

told em it's a great jumping off point to go see Alaska

I did the opposite of you Klik. I moved up in '91 and resided on the road system up until 4years ago and then moved more remote. I worked remotely(guiding) across the state and then of course played remote as well for all those years. But I wanted to reside off the road system. We now live in a very small town and I hunt and fish a lot. Life is good. We have road, it just ain't connected to the world!

I rather enjoy NW Montana. Troy/Libby/Yaak/Cabinets... It's like anywhere, reap what bounty the county has... I wish you the best.

Once Alaska gets her hooks into you its hard to leave... My family moved back after a 10 month trial in the lower 48 come late September momma said she wanted to go back. So loaded them up packed a uhaul trailer up and took them back home. I'm going to finish my time in the Army roughly 3 years until 20years at Ft Carson Colorado and head home to Alaska.

One upside for Fort Carson, good Kraut food at Edelweiss and Uwe's in The Springs. The trout fishing isn't awful in the South Platte below Spinney Mountain Reservoir.

Leaving AK was the hardest thing emotionally I've ever done. I guess that's not bad because obviously I've had a good life. After leaving, I've returned twice. I realized visiting was not fun because I still want to be there and leaving all over again was hard. I doubt I'll ever go back unless I'm moving back.

None of that is bad, but IMHO, its not nearly CO. Tromped a lot of ground between Florissant and Spinney a few times bowhunting. Never had time to fish though.

I been up around meeker and rifle scouting for elk beautiful country we bitch about crowds during moose season we were up their during 3rd rifle season holy smokes talk about a crowd people everywhere it was crazy.

Prepping for a move, such as yours, myself. After almost 64 years here, we are headed to Eastern Wa. My parents used to tell me I'd get tired of the dark and ice. I'd tell them BS, but here I am looking forward to more moderate/sunny weather and more daylight in winter. There are many things I will miss and many I won't. Worst case is if I don't like Wa. I can always move back.

Have friends that say, and they ain't young, they are so used to it all they'd rather die there than move, even with winter and aging.

RE people in CO and elk season vs people in AK and moose... yes on both counts.

But the difference, in AK moose season if you walk 1/4 mile off a trail you don't see anyone hardly ever. In CO even if you walk you are liable to see folks. Though we rarely did in MZ seasons in CO, but I can only imagine the crowds in rifle season.

LMAO!!

I know what you mean. I moved from Seward to Anchorage back in '83 while Anch was still kinda an Alaska town. Then it went downhill rapidly.
Moved to Bethel in '88 and have been here since. I went to Squarebanks to go to UAF fall of '98 to '04 and only came back on holidays and summer 'cause my wife stayed here. It made for something to really look forward to when I was out of school. But since I had to sell virtually everything I couldn't go hunting, with working on my breaks and all.

I thought Squarebanks wasn't that bad actually. The best Korean food ever is under the bowling alley.

Sqaurebanks is not a bad town. I can only deal with Anchorage in small spurts LOL. I live well my family lives in Wasilla its not too bad. I'm glad folks in Eagle river and Anchorage look down on us lowly valley folks. Keeps them out of Wasilla and Palmer.

Alaskan women travel for hundreds of miles to the beauty parlors of Fairbanks. Not only a great hair-do but the "charming" owner is the guy of their dreams!