@floryloughead Oh wow. In my experience, moose are mostly chill unless it's a mama with babies, that's an absolute hard no.

@Tail we lived in bear and moose land for a few years and never had a problem. Mama bears, mama moose, no biggie. If they sense danger, one is screwed, if they sense friend, no problem. Daughter used to walk through the forest to class in college, bears were a few feet away, never a problem. When we lived in the Kenai, moose where everywhere. Cows and calves, never a problem.

@floryloughead I'm halfway between Soldotna and Kenai right now, matter of fact.👍

@Tail we lived in Soldotna from 2009 to 2013

@floryloughead Ah, I was born and raised in Anchorage, never spent much time in the rurals outside of work purposes, but my mom moved down here in 2013. Tbh I can't stand it here, but she's super sick and stupid so I'm trying to take care of her. Schismatic.

@Tail yes, Soldotna is the boonies and Kenai is not much better, but, Freddie’s/Three bears/Save-U-More are right there. Seward and Homer, not far. Good beer, good pizza, good groceries. Anchorage is 2 hours if I’m driving, once you hit Girdwood, you are there.
Yes, I would rather be there than in Florida.
Daughter and I used to drive to Anchorage for overnights once a month for shopping and, in winter, for plays. Miss Sagaya market and Korean shops.

@floryloughead Oh yeah, that's one thing Alaska has going for it, food and beer. Moose's Tooth is one of the wonders of the world as far as I'm concerned. I like to bike around but there's not really a lot of places to do that. I can go back and forth up the highway, yay.

I moved to Colorado for college and CO was basically Alaska 2.0, LOVE it there.

@Tail Alaskan like their food and their booze. In Homer, Two Sisters bakery, Maura’s, and Fat Olives for pizza. Beer and Mead.
Seward has/had Railway Cantina.

@floryloughead I've actually never been to Homer, only been to Seward once. I'll put all these on my to-do list.

Arctic Roadrunner in Anchorage used to be really good but they've kinda let themselves go a little bit.

There's Fast Eddie's nearby too. Definitely got some good eats

@Tail told 35 year old daughter about your plight and she will trade spaces in a second. She worked at the curio shop next to DQ in Soldotna, painted the fish door, doubt it’s still there.
We miss Alaska, hate Florida but can’t afford to move back.

@floryloughead Also 35, would be an easy trade for me. I spent some time in Orlando, but ngl I wouldn't stay. Thing about Alaska is as big as it might be, it's incredibly small and isolated. Too cold of a winter in CO? You can just drive down to California. Alaska is an island and I've got the fever.

I've just outgrown it here, I'm ready to move on but I'm stuck.

@Tail I’m almost 65. Spent 11 years in Ketchikan, 4 in Soldotna, moved to Florida because of my now dead mom. Born and raised in Puerto Rico, have lived in Florida, Georgia, California, Texas, New York, Kentucky, Kansas, Washington, South Carolina, Alaska, Germany, and would sell my soul to have never left Alaska but…

Travel, look, enjoy, the world is a buffet.

@floryloughead These are some truths! I've worked all over but never had much opportunity to enjoy the places I was at except for Kodiak, which I LOVE, and Nome. Nome's a crazy place with amazing food. I was there for the Iditarod and it was a trip.

I've had my eyes on Germany, or somewhere over there. Started learning Norwegian to maybe head up there one day, but alas I'm stuck here taking care of my soon to be dead mom. Lots of parallels here.🤔

@Tail Kodak is awesome. We went there for a long weekend and loved it. Cordova is actually rather interesting. Food is shite but we had a good time.

@Tail well, if you are ever in Florida and need a place, we are here. 5 acres, plenty space.

@floryloughead Also there's a mama that comes and gives birth on the property every year. This was her a couple months ago, she hasn't had two for like 4 years.

@Tail we had a cow that raised her kids in our yard every year. Many times we would open the garage door and she was laying against it. Getting a moose to move is work.

@Tail that looks like every Alaskan backyard I have ever seen.

@floryloughead That's exactly what it is.😎 👉 👉