If you could not live in Alaska, where would you live? (house, pine)
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To be truthful, cross-my-heart honest... I have lived in cold climates my entire life...I am done with that aspect...I would choose to be where I am now, but when we retire it will be Alaska in the summer and enjoy the best all the way around, as we still have our house and boat on the peninsula...Gosh...now I would be one of those snowbirds...
We also still have a house in MN we could summer in, but no flocking way would I go back there for a summer...lived there darn near 50 years and the heat and humidity stinks. I would do Warpt's idea and go to Eastern WY if we couldn't do AK, I have lived there too, but the summer did get hot where we were near the Keyhole, even if one would think cooler since in the "trees," as they hold the heat there, but we were out of the major wind that comes with the area. Imagine Ponderosa pine with prickly pear cactus growing beneath them...strange to me. When near 110 or higher we would leave for the Rockies. When it snowed, it was more likely in feet rather than inches also....
Last edited by Grannysroost; 11-04-2009 at 12:08 AM..
i think eastern maine would be the only place on the other side of the mississippi that i'd live.
as far as the west, i'd like far northwestern CA, the east side of the sierra nevada, the blue mountains area (NE oregon/SE washington), various parts of montana, colorado, idaho, wyoming, new mexico, or utah. seems similar to many replies i've seen: i want a pretty place, lots of wildlife, not a lot of people.
New Mexico, which is where we're headed as soon as we sell our house in Kentucky. Can't take the winter cold in Alaska any more for health reasons. The part of NM we're heading for gets 4 seasons with mild, short winters and summers that aren't too hot. Not too many people, and lots of interesting country and history to explore. Non-pretentious, mostly friendly folks.
Plus we can skip the worst of any heat in NM if we want and head north for a visit. Not exactly snowbirding since we won't be maintaining a place up there, but summer visits will help get us our Alaska fix.
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