Considering property (Palmer, Hope: medical, best, place)

[starlite9]

Originally Posted by Glitch

I am simply saying that no matter where someone lives, they will always find something they don't like about the place, the people, or the politics. No place is perfect, but Alaska is as close to perfection as it gets.

As far as bears in England are concerned, bear-baiting was popular in England until the 19th century. From the 16th century, many bears were maintained for baiting. In its best-known form, arenas for this purpose were called bear-gardens, consisting of a circular high fenced area, the "pit", and raised seating for spectators. A post would be set in the ground towards the edge of the pit and the bear chained to it, either by the leg or neck. A number of well-trained hunting dogs would then be set on it, being replaced as they tired or were wounded or killed. In some cases the bear was let loose, allowing it to chase after animals or people. For a long time, the main bear-garden in London was the Paris Garden at Southwark.

England does have moose, they just call them elk.

England has no polar bears or Guido, as far as I know.

No Guido? Sounds like a pretty boring place... Well Kodiak has Elk, and they ain't Moose!

But you are right, there are people who will complain no matter where they hang their hat.

[Rance]

Sweden has moose and they call them elk. It's totally weird. But I'd live there.

[starlite9]

Originally Posted by Rance

Sweden has moose and they call them elk. It's totally weird. But I'd live there.

Yeah, but your cheating, you heart is already there!

[Metlakatla]

Originally Posted by starlite9

But you are right, there are people who will complain no matter where they hang their hat.

I can't

[English_Nurse]

This Wednesday my wife and our 3 children move into a rented log cabin in Palmer.
It's not the log cabin I envisaged building from scratch on the land on Deadman
Lake, but it's a start in the right direction...
Whilst Palmer isn't exactly 'isolated', it IS away from Anchorage...
I imagine the commute is going to be a killer in the winter, but I'm only doing it
three days a week.
It's been a long haul just getting to this point with the family in tow.
I arrived in April with nothing. I bought a cheap suburban for $700 and that
threw a rod and died on the Glenn Highway. So I replaced it with a cheap
Subaru Loyale for $650 which is running okay so far. I saved up the deposit
and the first month's rent for the cabin and I've shipped the family up to
join me. I've also signed my son up with a pediatrician at Matsu Pediatrics
and we're going to be trialing him on a new therapy for his bowel disease -
6MP - a low-dose chemotherapy.

The one thing that worries me is what we'll do if (when) my current
vehicle dies... So we're currently saving up for a second cheap car
as a back up.

Alaska is scary when you have no support network to call on.
You're really on your own, even if you are on the road network
and with gas and electric supplied to the cabin - I still have
anxiety attacks about having dragged my family up here.

But we're here now. No retreat, no surrender....

[mal_flisk]

But you are in a truly beautiful place. I wish my wife would let us move outside the city.

[Marty Van Diest]

Wow! You actually did it. It's one thing to talk, but quite another to take action.

[Grannysroost]

Originally Posted by English_Nurse

This Wednesday my wife and our 3 children move into a rented log cabin in Palmer.
It's not the log cabin I envisaged building from scratch on the land on Deadman
Lake, but it's a start in the right direction...
Whilst Palmer isn't exactly 'isolated', it IS away from Anchorage...
I imagine the commute is going to be a killer in the winter, but I'm only doing it
three days a week.
It's been a long haul just getting to this point with the family in tow.
I arrived in April with nothing. I bought a cheap suburban for $700 and that
threw a rod and died on the Glenn Highway. So I replaced it with a cheap
Subaru Loyale for $650 which is running okay so far. I saved up the deposit
and the first month's rent for the cabin and I've shipped the family up to
join me. I've also signed my son up with a pediatrician at Matsu Pediatrics
and we're going to be trialing him on a new therapy for his bowel disease -
6MP - a low-dose chemotherapy.

The one thing that worries me is what we'll do if (when) my current
vehicle dies... So we're currently saving up for a second cheap car
as a back up.

Alaska is scary when you have no support network to call on.
You're really on your own, even if you are on the road network
and with gas and electric supplied to the cabin - I still have
anxiety attacks about having dragged my family up here.

But we're here now. No retreat, no surrender....

Cute place!!!

Imagine with what you are feeling now, if you were more remote with your family as planned... Sometimes it is best to take baby steps, before making the giant leap and get the ducks in order, especially with children, and even more with someone with a medical problem, but you know that...

[mitgreb]

Looking forward to meeting you one day.

[stiffnecked]

Go luck. If you want to keep that Subaru going the first thing you need to do is make sure the timing belt was recently changed. The Loyale is one of their long lasting models. I'd buy another one if I needed it. Change the fluilds and check on that timing belt and you'll be good to go.

All things Subaru found here:

http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/index.php