Where's everyone at?

Luckystarx7x

I'm sad to see that hardly anyone in Alaska gets on our boards. I'm simi-new to the whole alaska thing. I've been up here for a little over a year. I moved from the east coast...so being 5,500 miles away from everyone I know is a little hard. I can only hope the board gets stronger!

MM4Ever

Hello

I am lin Anchorage.  Where are you at?  DH and I moved here is 2008 from MN so also a long way from home...

Luckystarx7x

I'm in Palmer, I moved here in Nov of 08'. So we are in the same boat. How are you liking it? Its really different for me,but i really like it.

MM4Ever

Different.  I miss home, but love to mountains and everything we can do up here. I only wish airfare was cheaper.

MrsStreff

Hello-

It would be nice if this board was more popular:) but its not and thats alaska for you! Im in Eagle River and I have lived in AK all my life.

AKBrideinMD

i wish this board was more active too, it might help with my homesickness! i live in maryland now, but am an alaskan at heart. i've lived on the east coast for 2.5 years and i wish we could move back!

Luckystarx7x

 Hopefully more people will start posting here. I check for AK post everytime I log in. I'm from NC, I lived there for 22 years and then moved to AK for my Husband. I understand the homesickness!

Boricuanena04

I am Shaimila and i live in Delta Junction. I moved here a couple of months ago from Georgia. I totally wish the airfares were cheaper but am still going back home for a few weeks in May! Yay! 

AKBrideinMD

That's the one thing that was really hard for me while living in AK (ok, the dark winters weren't so fun either) - tickets were so expensive and traveling was so time-consuming b/c it took hours just to get to the lower 48. With family in Maryland, we had to set aside two travel days and $700/each just to get here!

But I still miss it! Like crazy!

Luckystarx7x

We go really lucky last November when we flew back to NC. We found tickets for $550, and we were flying a few days before Thanksgiving and returning a few days after. When we went down in May the tickets were almost $800 a piece. What really sucks is ajusting to the time different. You need a whole day basically to sleep it off.