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[jfree]

[jfree]

[tankcommander]

Beautiful jfree!

As an avid sportsman, I have always dreamed of going to Alaska to hunt, and fish, but with no connections there, the cost of a guided hunt is a little bit out of my budget.

Did I hear Mrs. R say one time that her parents were from Florida?

[dustdevil28]

Pretty pics jfree,

The one was taken at midnight? Man, I'd think that'd be hard to do, but after years of switching my sleep schedule every week and often sleeping during day hours, I can understand how you get used to it.

Still, the 6 months of darkness would drive me nuts!!! I need the sun.

[jfree]

My parent are from California actually, I do have relatives in Florida. BTW did anyone spot the bunker in the first frame? It's kinda hard to see, all WWII buffs love it round here, we have bunkers all over, some have been converted to business offices.

It is beautiful in Kodiak in the summer, I've really never seen anywhere in the lower 48 that can compete w/the sheer greenness of it all, hence the nickname Emerald Isle, which actually is from National Geographic, they came after the 1912 eruption and only Kodiak was still green instead of grey w/ash.

Guided are hunts are extremely expensive here for sure, but you don't need a guided hunt unless you have a bear tag. All you need do in Kodiak, is park on the side of the road somewheres hike a bit and your bound to run into a deer. Or stay at a lodge in one of the remote villages and hike from there w/your gun on your back, it's really easy. Want to fish, hey the roadside is loaded w/streams, just park and fish on the ocean side, no fishing on the other side of bridges is allowed.

But getting to Kodiak is expensive, if you come from the lower 48, it's actually better to just drive to Kenai, Soldotna and Homer, or take your rental car thru the tunnel to Whittier, and ride a ferry for 24hrs, its still cheaper than an airline ticket, to get to Kodiak that way, and you'll get to see, weather and timing permitting, sea otters, sealions and orca in Whale Pass, but be warned, the ferry rocks alot, even tuff guys toss their biscuits.

[Sailor]

Beautiful country Jfree. Those winters you have up there though would kill me now. Hell, I won't even move back to Michigan for that reason even though I still miss the quiet of country living.

[jfree]

Hey Sailor. Actually I live on an island, as such we've a mild meritime climate, our winters are not that bad, and in fact Michigan is far worse. We usually, except for this winter, get far more rain than anything else. Average temp in Dec-Jan is 30's. My Grams lived in Northern Cali, her winters were always harsher than ours. I may be an Alaskan, but I am no dummy, you couldn't get me to live in Fairbanks or Barrow for all the money in the world, now those places are so cold your tires go flat over night and you've got to drive them to get them to go round again, the college in Fairbanks has tunnels to get to classes so you don't freeze outside.

[peterd]

Awesome pictures. I love wilderness and would like to see it.

[Merceditas]

Thanks for sharing, it is beautiful up where you live!