"Mike Rapoport" wrote in message
ink.net...
It is interesting how we always think of AK as "put the compass on N and
keep going". Cold Bay is a 283 course from here in N Idaho.

That's right Mike, and get this. I'm in Dutch Harbor which is about 180
miles S/W of Cold Bay on a heading of 238 degrees and 800 miles from
Anchorage, which is basically in central Alaska.

We're the furthest North and the furthest Western state with more coastline
that the entire lower 48 combined, about 3 times the size of Texas and if
Alaska was placed on top of the lower 48 it would just about cover from the
west coast to the east coast. We have something along the lines of 3
million lakes, and 7000 river systems and Mt McKinley (Denali) at 20,320
feet. Denali park alone is over 6 Million acres.

Some of the best fishing, hunting, climbing, kayaking, skiing, and flying to
be found anywhere in the world.

All this an only a little over 600,00 people in the entire state.

But I wouldn't recommend coming here, it really sucks.

PJ

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Here's to the duck who swam a lake and never lost a feather,
May sometime another year, we all be back together.
JJW
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Mike
MU-2

"PJ Hunt" wrote in message
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Yep, everyone thinks it's dark 24 hours a day up here in the winter
time.

I just keep letting most of em think that. It keeps the riff raff out.

PJ

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Here's to the duck who swam a lake and never lost a feather,
May sometime another year, we all be back together.
JJW
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"Corky Scott" wrote in message
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On Tue, 21 Dec 2004 18:04:48 -0900, "PJ Hunt"
wrote:

In Anchorage it's getting dark
around 4:30.

Well hell, that's what's happening down here in Vermont!

Corky Scott