And You Thought You Missed the Lower 48?

[COtoAK]

What are some things that you thought that you missed from the Lower 48?

Here are a few for me:
1. Amusement Parks
2. Fast Paced Life
3. My Old Job
4. History Museums
5. Deer Hunting

What are things that you thought that you missed, but would never give up Alaska to experience those things again?

[HarryHyde]

1. Summer darkness

2. Winter sun

3. Lakes warm enough to swim in

4. Water trapping where water does not have to be augered or chopped

[kingfisherktn]

1. Nothing.

[Paul H]

The only thing I miss is Yosemity Natl Park. We have some big rocks up here, but the rock climbing season and access just aren't the same up here.

I don't miss it enough to move back!

[AK_Kid]

1. Crickets
2. Thunderstorms
3. Honeysuckle
4. Darkness and warmth occurring simultaneously

This list is vastly overshadowed by the list of things I do not miss, however.

[COtoAK]

I agree. I wouldn't exchange what we do and have now to ever go back to Colorado...
...but I do miss:

1. Rocky Mountain National Park
2. Noodles and Company
3. Mass Transit System(s)
4. Accessibility and sometimes Convenience (I still have to order my printer cartridges)
5. I sometimes miss my family, too... but not often enough to move back for them... (tee hee)

[dandeo2003]

Olive Garden

[Phish Finder]

1. decent surf breaks
2. warm water diving
3. good restaurants
4. easy profits
5. family

plus the stuff Ak Kid mentioned

[COtoAK]

I thought that I missed Boulder, Colorado too... :rolleyes:

[Akjaq]

Hhmmm

The cost of living

cheep gas
cheep reloading components
cheep housing
fly fishing in the FL keys
summer nights
year round grilling on the deck

But Alaska is heaven and the lower 48 is not....I'll take the trade

[Rickf]

I miss...

Wait a minute. I'm not there yet.

I'll get back to you in two weeks.

[COtoAK]

As a forewarning.... you'll never want to go back.

[cdubbin]

Desert sunsets, river tubing on the Fourth, sagebrush, Ponderosas, easy peak bagging, and being able to throw a rock in any direction and hit a hot springs.

[Trapper_Rich]

Catfishing
Deer hunting
Elk hunting
Striper fishing
Longer summers

But would never trade for the God's counrty that I now live in.

Burbot for catfish
Moose for deer/elk hunting
Salmon for stripers
Great friends and neighbors for the summers

I love it here and really appreciate my friends and neighbors.

[COtoAK]

Alpine Sailing

I miss the I-70 Tunnels

Tumbleweeds
4 true seasons with longer springs and falls
Easter Egg Hunts outside
I miss 4th of July ON 4th of July instead of seeing fireworks in the wintertime
I miss concert series, outdoor concerts, and Red Rocks
I miss major league baseball games

Sometimes I miss skyscrapers...
(This is a picture from my best friend's firm in Denver)

...but not enough to ever EVER move back to a city.