AKMATT - Cool avatar! We spent a few weeks in Alaska back in 1990, staying at a relative's house off and on in Anchorage. If I remember correctly, the population of Anchorage was about 250,000. Of course, you don't have to go very far to get out in the "bush". I loved camping and fishing around the Kenai Peninsula ! It was the only time in my life that I got tired of catching fish! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" />

Although I was born in southern Illinois, I grew up in the western suburbs of Chicago. I spent a few years in Minnesota, then returned to Illinois. After years spent living and working there, my wife and I decided that there is a better way to live. We began looking for land/farms in other states, and settled in s/w Missouri. We have never been happier! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> Tom