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Old 11-20-2012, 11:31 AM
 
Location: The end of the road Alaska
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I decided to visit friends in Thorne Bay on POW for Thanksgiving - about 50 miles west of here - but you can't get there from here. First a 6-hour ferry ride south to Ketchikan $108, then a 6-hour ferry ride west to POW $242, then a 2-hour drive on dirt roads at $4.89 a gallon for gas - and I'm finally in Thorne Bay.
You folks down south should never complain about the price of getting from one town to the other
Anybody in Thorne Bay want to visit?
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Old 11-20-2012, 11:52 AM
 
Location: Homer Alaska
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And yet at the end of the journey is good friends and good times! :-)
I just purchased my husbands plane ticket to come back from Anchorage to Minneapolis next month (I am in MN for medical treatment) $1389.00 with over a months notice! It would be an additional $400.00 to get him all the way home to the Bemidji area if he flies, not happening. The costs of travel anywhere is getting increasingly hard to handle but Alaska is harder hit then most.
I am counting on the ingenuity and tenacity of all of us to find solutions eventually, in the mean time to celebrate our lives with all the energy and fortitude we can pull forth. I know you have plenty of both in spades so have a wonderful time!
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Old 11-20-2012, 04:31 PM
 
Location: The end of the road Alaska
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Aw, thanks freezengirl! Good thing I like staying home but I haven't been off this rock in 2 years so I'm excited to make the trip and connect with old friends. Jeep's loaded, I'm ready! My favorite adult grandkids are going with and we have too much fun together.
Flying out of these small towns is worse yet. I had to go to Sturgis to rescue my sidekick a couple years ago. I'd TRIED to talk her out of that trip but she decided to be a big girl now and take her Harley cross country for the rally insanity. She didn't quite make it, wrecked 17 miles from Sturgis & landed in the hosp. Anyway, it cost over $5,000 to get back there and bring her home. If she ever tries that again I'll just shoot.....myself.
Good heavens, if you had to leave Alaska for medical you could have at least picked someplace warmer. (:
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Old 11-20-2012, 04:35 PM
 
Location: Casa Grande, AZ
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I am sure you will have a good time! Enjoy your vacation... and you will be so glad to be home to your little cabin and life goes on
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Old 11-20-2012, 06:42 PM
 
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I haven't been on the island in over a year or I'd meet up with ya...CC is down here too.

It was nice having the Inter-island Ferry thing when we had it, wasn't it? I wish that idea would have stuck.
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Old 11-20-2012, 06:55 PM
 
Location: The end of the road Alaska
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I haven't been on the island in over a year or I'd meet up with ya...CC is down here too.

It was nice having the Inter-island Ferry thing when we had it, wasn't it? I wish that idea would have stuck.

Oh, you know it. Only in Alaska is the 'highway' closed because it doesn't make a profit. I loved making the run from here to Coffman and back just to take the ride and have lunch onboard. That gal ran a great little kitchen.
Wish you were home, I'd definitely come visit you both....snowbirds
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Old 11-20-2012, 07:04 PM
 
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Funny thing is, I get more snow here than I would if I stuck around SE for the winter.

Yeah, that was a great little ferry they had going, damn it.
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Old 11-20-2012, 07:18 PM
 
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I guess only in Alaska can a town 50 miles away cost so much to get to and take 14+ hours to do it.

Enjoy your Holiday time with friends and family.
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Old 11-20-2012, 08:17 PM
 
Location: The end of the road Alaska
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Hey Dakster, are you still in town?
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Old 11-21-2012, 04:25 AM
 
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Unfortunately, no...

But planning on coming back.
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