Alaska Built Tough

Living in Alaska is something that I will never forget. You learn great things there like how to swerve your truck (In Alaska we only have trucks) in 'black ice' so you wont hit the moosies that love to take their sweet time to cross the road. You would think with such long legs they would move a little faster... no?

I loved growing up in Fairbanks and experiencing the frozen desert i like to call Home. It's such a coincidence that after i moved to Cali to 'thaw out' and began enjoying the heat and sunshine... we moved to WYO country where snow storms will come unexpected and the whole town shuts down. I'd like to think that life is slower here and unlike Cali, people probably shut the town down on purpose so we could all enjoy the snow and maybe have a snowball fight or hang out with the kids that turned old cardboard boxes into the best sleds everrr! Its about a slower pace of life, not about the newest Coach Fall Collection. (Purses... BEAUTIFUL Purses) :D What can i say... i'm a faircalibanksan!

One thing i've remembered from living in Alaska are simple yet dire things to do to survive and enjoy snow times:

1 - if you think people are at your door listen for the slight *thump thump* they are usually banging their boots on your doorstep to get the snow off. Its the knocking style of snow days :D

2 - make sure to plug your truck in if you're leaving it out at night! and don't forget to make the windshield wipers stand up so they don't freeze to the windshield!

3 - oh and my favorite! We're used to pipes freezing in Alaska where it gets down to -60f... last weekend when there was a snow storm and temperatures hit a WHOPPING 23f (yes above zero) the housing office on base made sure to remind everybody to keep the water running flush the toilets all the time keep the faucets on overnight......YEA... RIGHT...

One thing that i did notice here is the true character of people from Cheyenne. Going for a grocery run to 'stock up' (recommendation from Adam's Commander) we saw about 3 or 4 cars stuck in the snow. The tow trucks weren't running that day either. People were helping strangers. Aside from us, there were immediately four other cars, trucks, and SUV's pulling over to help push, pull, shovel, and tow out every single one of these snow engulfed vehicles. This is a good place.

Love and a free tow compliments of this Alaskan built tough truck,

JC