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Looks like we are Alaska bound! #19342882 03/29/24 Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 5,665 Likes: 2 Moving to Alaska! S Snowwolfe OP Campfire Tracker OP Snowwolfe Campfire Tracker S Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 5,665 Likes: 2 Moving to Alaska! We are supposed to close on the sale of our house in a week. If all goes well we are moving back to Alaska! At almost 71 I have to be nuts. Both the wife and I feel like Alaska is truly home for us so it is the right thing to do. We absolutely love Tennessee and our property here but we must follow our hearts and move back. My biggest fear is when I die my wife will sell my guns for what I told her they cost. 1 member likes this: butchlambert1

Re: Looks like we are Alaska bound! Snowwolfe #19342898 03/29/24 Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 4,317 Anchorage, AK C cwh2 Campfire Tracker cwh2 Campfire Tracker C Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 4,317 Anchorage, AK CONGRATS!

Re: Looks like we are Alaska bound! Snowwolfe #19342997 03/29/24 Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 910 A AGL4now Campfire Regular AGL4now Campfire Regular A Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 910 A slightly premature Welcome HOME. ALASKA is a "HARD COUNTRY for OLDMEN". (But if you live it wide'ass open, balls'to the wall, the pedal floored, full throttle, it is a delightful place, to finally just sit-back and savor those memories while sipping Tequila).

Re: Looks like we are Alaska bound! Snowwolfe #19343026 03/29/24 Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 32,128 Likes: 2 Kenai Peninsula, AK L las Campfire 'Bwana las Campfire 'Bwana L Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 32,128 Likes: 2 Kenai Peninsula, AK Don't beat yourself up too much. When I retired, we moved 550 miles north to above the Arctic Circle, for "1-3 years" Stayed for 8. And now missing it, having moved back. Can't have it all, I guess. Where you headed to? South Central? The only true cost of having a dog is its death.

Re: Looks like we are Alaska bound! Snowwolfe #19343172 03/29/24 Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 5,665 Likes: 2 Moving to Alaska! S Snowwolfe OP Campfire Tracker OP Snowwolfe Campfire Tracker S Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 5,665 Likes: 2 Moving to Alaska! Headed to Anchorage/Valley/Chugiak/Eagle River area Currently Wasilla seems to be leading the way for a house. My biggest fear is when I die my wife will sell my guns for what I told her they cost.

Re: Looks like we are Alaska bound! Snowwolfe #19343292 03/29/24 Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 17,736 Likes: 1 Palmer, Alaska C Cariboujack Campfire Ranger Cariboujack Campfire Ranger C Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 17,736 Likes: 1 Palmer, Alaska I left about the same time you did, but came back in 2022. Why? Because it’s home. It’s where family is. Welcome home. NRA LIFE MEMBER GOD BLESS OUR TROOPS ESPECIALLY THE SNIPERS! "Suppose you were an idiot And suppose you were a member of Congress... But I repeat myself." -Mark Twain

Re: Looks like we are Alaska bound! Snowwolfe #19343487 03/29/24 Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 5,665 Likes: 2 Moving to Alaska! S Snowwolfe OP Campfire Tracker OP Snowwolfe Campfire Tracker S Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 5,665 Likes: 2 Moving to Alaska! Thanks, we will meet for lunch after we get settled in Randy My biggest fear is when I die my wife will sell my guns for what I told her they cost.

Re: Looks like we are Alaska bound! Snowwolfe #19343591 03/29/24 Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 1,864 Anchorage, AK D DanInAlaska Campfire Regular DanInAlaska Campfire Regular D Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 1,864 Anchorage, AK Welcome back, Randy! Thoroughly enjoying Alaska since 2001.

Re: Looks like we are Alaska bound! Snowwolfe #19343601 03/29/24 Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 86,252 Likes: 25 In the shadow of the Kenai Mtn... ironbender Campfire Oracle ironbender Campfire Oracle Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 86,252 Likes: 25 In the shadow of the Kenai Mtn... Good for you. Have known more than a few that moved back after seeing how the other “half” live down in America! If you take the time it takes, it takes less time. --Pat Parelli American by birth; Alaskan by choice. --ironbender

Re: Looks like we are Alaska bound! Snowwolfe #19343836 03/29/24 Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 5,665 Likes: 2 Moving to Alaska! S Snowwolfe OP Campfire Tracker OP Snowwolfe Campfire Tracker S Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 5,665 Likes: 2 Moving to Alaska! Thanks Dan. Dan and I spent more than a few hours making halibut jigs. And they worked awesome! My biggest fear is when I die my wife will sell my guns for what I told her they cost.

Re: Looks like we are Alaska bound! Snowwolfe #19345245 03/30/24 Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 1,772 Garden Island johnn Campfire Regular johnn Campfire Regular Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 1,772 Garden Island Alaska = last civilized place on the planet! For those without thumbs, it's s Garden fookin Island, not Hawaii

Re: Looks like we are Alaska bound! Snowwolfe #19345282 03/30/24 Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 5,665 Likes: 2 Moving to Alaska! S Snowwolfe OP Campfire Tracker OP Snowwolfe Campfire Tracker S Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 5,665 Likes: 2 Moving to Alaska! Most likely we are going to proud members of the "Valley Trash" club, lol. My biggest fear is when I die my wife will sell my guns for what I told her they cost.

Re: Looks like we are Alaska bound! Snowwolfe #19345642 03/30/24 Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 6,888 RAVENNA Joel/AK Campfire Tracker Joel/AK Campfire Tracker Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 6,888 RAVENNA I'm jealous. Congrats

Re: Looks like we are Alaska bound! Snowwolfe #19345705 03/30/24 Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 2,089 D DonFischer Campfire Regular DonFischer Campfire Regular D Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 2,089 Lived in Wasilla for about a year many years ago and really liked it. Last time I was up there Wasilla had grown up to much for me. Lived back in away between Wasilla and Big Lake, back in behind Scatter's! Was pretty much alone back there but suited me just fine!

Re: Looks like we are Alaska bound! Snowwolfe #19358087 04/04/24 Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 23,469 Likes: 7 C Calvin Campfire Ranger Calvin Campfire Ranger C Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 23,469 Likes: 7 Welcome back

Re: Looks like we are Alaska bound! Snowwolfe #19358287 04/04/24 Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 5,665 Likes: 2 Moving to Alaska! S Snowwolfe OP Campfire Tracker OP Snowwolfe Campfire Tracker S Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 5,665 Likes: 2 Moving to Alaska! Thanks Calvin, we close on the selling of our house this afternoon. After that we have no choice but to move. My biggest fear is when I die my wife will sell my guns for what I told her they cost.

Re: Looks like we are Alaska bound! Snowwolfe #19358307 04/04/24 Joined: Dec 2015 Posts: 8,303 Northern USA P pete53 Campfire Outfitter pete53 Campfire Outfitter P Joined: Dec 2015 Posts: 8,303 Northern USA good for you enjoy Alaska ! Pete53 LIFE NRA , we vote Red up here, Norseman

Re: Looks like we are Alaska bound! Snowwolfe #19358616 04/04/24 Joined: Apr 2020 Posts: 256 CARROLLTON Ga N nahma_mich Campfire Member nahma_mich Campfire Member N Joined: Apr 2020 Posts: 256 CARROLLTON Ga We recently did similar, after 50 years we sold our house in Georgia and moved back to the UP. Of Michigan. Everyone thinks we're crazy 🤪

Re: Looks like we are Alaska bound! Snowwolfe #19358847 04/04/24 Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 57,494 Alaska R rost495 Campfire Kahuna rost495 Campfire Kahuna R Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 57,494 Alaska Safe travels! Hopefully can share a beer or coffee some day in the future! We can keep Larry Root and all his idiotic blabber and user names on here, but we can't get Ralph back..... Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, over....

Re: Looks like we are Alaska bound! Snowwolfe #19359007 04/04/24 Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 5,665 Likes: 2 Moving to Alaska! S Snowwolfe OP Campfire Tracker OP Snowwolfe Campfire Tracker S Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 5,665 Likes: 2 Moving to Alaska! It is now official. We just departed the closing office. Now to intensify the search for a home in the valley. We have 90 days to vacate our house in Tennessee. My biggest fear is when I die my wife will sell my guns for what I told her they cost.

Re: Looks like we are Alaska bound! Snowwolfe #19360192 04/04/24 Joined: Nov 2023 Posts: 171 SE Alaska A AKislander Campfire Member AKislander Campfire Member A Joined: Nov 2023 Posts: 171 SE Alaska Congratulations. I left Alaska to pick up a girl and had to spend two years down south before we returned together in 2022. I am sure glad to be back, and am sure you will be too. Good luck!

Re: Looks like we are Alaska bound! Snowwolfe #19360719 04/05/24 Joined: Oct 2020 Posts: 3 Meadow Lakes, Alaska C Czechsix New Member Czechsix New Member C Joined: Oct 2020 Posts: 3 Meadow Lakes, Alaska Congratulations on escaping.

Re: Looks like we are Alaska bound! Snowwolfe #19361126 04/05/24 Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 23,469 Likes: 7 C Calvin Campfire Ranger Calvin Campfire Ranger C Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 23,469 Likes: 7 Originally Posted by Snowwolfe It is now official. We just departed the closing office. Now to intensify the search for a home in the valley. We have 90 days to vacate our house in Tennessee. Thats pretty slick. You closed AND have 90 days? Must be a hot market.

Re: Looks like we are Alaska bound! Calvin #19361279 04/05/24 Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 5,665 Likes: 2 Moving to Alaska! S Snowwolfe OP Campfire Tracker OP Snowwolfe Campfire Tracker S Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 5,665 Likes: 2 Moving to Alaska! Originally Posted by Calvin Originally Posted by Snowwolfe It is now official. We just departed the closing office. Now to intensify the search for a home in the valley. We have 90 days to vacate our house in Tennessee. Thats pretty slick. You closed AND have 90 days? Must be a hot market. Made it clear to any potential buyer that was a requirement. We wanted to make sure funds from our current house were in our account before we started house hunting and before we moved out of the house. I thought it was a smart move on my part as well:) My biggest fear is when I die my wife will sell my guns for what I told her they cost.

Re: Looks like we are Alaska bound! Snowwolfe #19361349 04/05/24 Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 570 Alaska U Unalakleet_Yooper Campfire Regular Unalakleet_Yooper Campfire Regular U Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 570 Alaska Welcome back Randy

Re: Looks like we are Alaska bound! Snowwolfe #19361403 04/05/24 Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 5,665 Likes: 2 Moving to Alaska! S Snowwolfe OP Campfire Tracker OP Snowwolfe Campfire Tracker S Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 5,665 Likes: 2 Moving to Alaska! Thank you! I spent the last 6 years selling off all my large caliber rifles including 4 doubles as they were of little use in Tennessee. Now I find myself selling off most of my smaller caliber stuff before I move back. If nothing else, I am good for the economy, lol. My biggest fear is when I die my wife will sell my guns for what I told her they cost.

Re: Looks like we are Alaska bound! Snowwolfe #19391176 04/16/24 Joined: Jul 2015 Posts: 36 Eagle River, AK I IceKing02 Campfire Greenhorn IceKing02 Campfire Greenhorn I Joined: Jul 2015 Posts: 36 Eagle River, AK Welcome back, Randy. You sold me your ATV trailer and .450 Marlin ammo and probably some other stuff. Get back up before you sell off the small bore stuff! There’s a house for sale in Brendelwood (ER) that is not yet on the market. Fantastic views and the owners really did a great remodel. Worth looking at for sure as you both might be able to make a good deal even better. Plus, you’d get to be our neighbor! Bob

Re: Looks like we are Alaska bound! Snowwolfe #19391381 04/17/24 Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 57,494 Alaska R rost495 Campfire Kahuna rost495 Campfire Kahuna R Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 57,494 Alaska Reminds me. My boss great neighbor is moving away from Wasilla this spring too. Really nice house and super nice garage shop over close to the Harley dealer there. Can't recall the cutoff road at the moment. Its not on the market yet either. FWIW. Really good subdivision too with some really good folks. We can keep Larry Root and all his idiotic blabber and user names on here, but we can't get Ralph back..... Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, over....

Re: Looks like we are Alaska bound! Snowwolfe #19391829 04/17/24 Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 5,665 Likes: 2 Moving to Alaska! S Snowwolfe OP Campfire Tracker OP Snowwolfe Campfire Tracker S Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 5,665 Likes: 2 Moving to Alaska! The Anchorage housing market is NUTS. We looked at a house in south Anchorage that listed for 787k. Realtor told us it sold the same day it was listed for $900k My biggest fear is when I die my wife will sell my guns for what I told her they cost.

Re: Looks like we are Alaska bound! Snowwolfe #19393345 04/17/24 Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 1,772 Garden Island johnn Campfire Regular johnn Campfire Regular Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 1,772 Garden Island It's still a seller's market, you would think that interest rates being what they are, things would slow down. Building is not a great proposition either, materials and labor have gone up. For those without thumbs, it's s Garden fookin Island, not Hawaii

Re: Looks like we are Alaska bound! rost495 #19393365 04/18/24 Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 5,059 Likes: 3 Alaska S Swamplord Campfire Tracker Swamplord Campfire Tracker S Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 5,059 Likes: 3 Alaska Originally Posted by rost495 Reminds me. My boss great neighbor is moving away from Wasilla this spring too. Really nice house and super nice garage shop over close to the Harley dealer there. Can't recall the cutoff road at the moment. Its not on the market yet either. FWIW. Really good subdivision too with some really good folks. Hyer Road ? The Wasilla Harley Shop building used to be an animal feed place, we gutted the building and remodeled it completely back in '02 -'03 Good neighborhoods back there and a bunch of good folks in the area "The welfare of humanity is always the alibi of tyrants".

Re: Looks like we are Alaska bound! Snowwolfe #19393931 04/18/24 Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 23,469 Likes: 7 C Calvin Campfire Ranger Calvin Campfire Ranger C Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 23,469 Likes: 7 Originally Posted by Snowwolfe The Anchorage housing market is NUTS. We looked at a house in south Anchorage that listed for 787k. Realtor told us it sold the same day it was listed for $900k Yeah it’s pretty much bidding wars for appropriately priced homes with so many buyers wanting stuff. All the folks that listened to the crash bros are paying bigly.

Re: Looks like we are Alaska bound! Snowwolfe #19393973 04/18/24 Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 5,665 Likes: 2 Moving to Alaska! S Snowwolfe OP Campfire Tracker OP Snowwolfe Campfire Tracker S Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 5,665 Likes: 2 Moving to Alaska! Bob, Can you tell me the address of the house coming up for sale in Brendlewood? Thanks Randy My biggest fear is when I die my wife will sell my guns for what I told her they cost.

Re: Looks like we are Alaska bound! Snowwolfe #19422203 04/30/24 Joined: Apr 2020 Posts: 11 S Stopemdead New Member Stopemdead New Member S Joined: Apr 2020 Posts: 11 Literally. I couldnt even afford anchorage especially with interest rates and the bidding wars. I even had some of the bidding wars in south wasilla. But I did secure a home in "the ranch".. good luck! I'll be moving there may 10th. Last edited by Stopemdead; 04/30/24.

Re: Looks like we are Alaska bound! Stopemdead #19423097 05/01/24 Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 5,665 Likes: 2 Moving to Alaska! S Snowwolfe OP Campfire Tracker OP Snowwolfe Campfire Tracker S Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 5,665 Likes: 2 Moving to Alaska! Originally Posted by Stopemdead Literally. I couldnt even afford anchorage especially with interest rates and the bidding wars. I even had some of the bidding wars in south wasilla. But I did secure a home in "the ranch".. good luck! I'll be moving there may 10th. Is that what they call that new higher end subdivision to the east of Trunk Road where all the new construction is happening? My biggest fear is when I die my wife will sell my guns for what I told her they cost.

Re: Looks like we are Alaska bound! Swamplord #19423237 05/01/24 Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 57,494 Alaska R rost495 Campfire Kahuna rost495 Campfire Kahuna R Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 57,494 Alaska Originally Posted by Swamplord Originally Posted by rost495 Reminds me. My boss great neighbor is moving away from Wasilla this spring too. Really nice house and super nice garage shop over close to the Harley dealer there. Can't recall the cutoff road at the moment. Its not on the market yet either. FWIW. Really good subdivision too with some really good folks. Hyer Road ? The Wasilla Harley Shop building used to be an animal feed place, we gutted the building and remodeled it completely back in '02 -'03 Good neighborhoods back there and a bunch of good folks in the area Yes, Hyer/Trunk.. Some issues but overall seems like a good area and good people. We can keep Larry Root and all his idiotic blabber and user names on here, but we can't get Ralph back..... Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, over....

Re: Looks like we are Alaska bound! Snowwolfe #19423245 05/01/24 Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 57,494 Alaska R rost495 Campfire Kahuna rost495 Campfire Kahuna R Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 57,494 Alaska Originally Posted by Snowwolfe Originally Posted by Stopemdead Literally. I couldnt even afford anchorage especially with interest rates and the bidding wars. I even had some of the bidding wars in south wasilla. But I did secure a home in "the ranch".. good luck! I'll be moving there may 10th. Is that what they call that new higher end subdivision to the east of Trunk Road where all the new construction is happening? I see the words the Ranch every day when I drive out that direction. So its gotta be the name of part of all that new construction around the new convenience( couple of years) store there. We can keep Larry Root and all his idiotic blabber and user names on here, but we can't get Ralph back..... Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, over....

Re: Looks like we are Alaska bound! rost495 #19424353 05/01/24 Joined: Apr 2020 Posts: 11 S Stopemdead New Member Stopemdead New Member S Joined: Apr 2020 Posts: 11 Yup that's it. It was either buy a house north or south. I prefered south because I'll be a commuter daily to anchorage.

Re: Looks like we are Alaska bound! Snowwolfe #19430132 15 hours ago Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 5,665 Likes: 2 Moving to Alaska! S Snowwolfe OP Campfire Tracker OP Snowwolfe Campfire Tracker S Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 5,665 Likes: 2 Moving to Alaska! Finally found a house that both the wife and I liked with a 3 car garage and RV parking permitted. We even have space between us and the neighbors to blow the snow as far as the blower will send it! House is located in "The Ranch". We would of preferred Anchorage or Eagle River but the cost, size of the lots, and parking restrictions pushed us out to the valley. Most likely we will close in 5 weeks or so but won't be driving up till end of June. My biggest fear is when I die my wife will sell my guns for what I told her they cost.