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Old May 6th 2013 | 1:15 pm
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Originally Posted by Jan Alaska
10 days to go and we have just bought a 4 bed 2 bath home on 20 acres for $120K. Hubby starts his new job 3rd June and I'm getting back into the Landscaping biz, Mitttttchigan LOL indeed ... Love it !

Best wishes on your move and new life in the lower 48. The rate the weather is changing you will probably see more snow in MI then Alaska anyway.
 
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Originally Posted by Jan Alaska
10 days to go and we have just bought a 4 bed 2 bath home on 20 acres for $120K. Hubby starts his new job 3rd June and I'm getting back into the Landscaping biz, Mitttttchigan LOL indeed ... Love it !
WOW!! Luck you was it a foreclosure!
 
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Originally Posted by Jan Alaska
10 days to go and we have just bought a 4 bed 2 bath home on 20 acres for $120K. Hubby starts his new job 3rd June and I'm getting back into the Landscaping biz, Mitttttchigan LOL indeed ... Love it !
Congrats and good luck with the move - what part of Mittttttchigan will you be in?
 
Old May 7th 2013 | 2:46 am
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Originally Posted by Jan Alaska
10 days to go and we have just bought a 4 bed 2 bath home on 20 acres for $120K. Hubby starts his new job 3rd June and I'm getting back into the Landscaping biz, Mitttttchigan LOL indeed ... Love it !
where abouts?
 
Old May 7th 2013 | 5:07 am
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Its an estate not a foreclosure, the family held onto it for a while and used it for vacations and have recently decided to sell. The well isnt too good but works, we have a estimate of around $5,000 to sink a new one which isn't too bad.
Manc its near Pellston close to where we were living before
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Old May 15th 2013 | 5:55 pm
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Alaska gave us quite the send off, freezing snow/rain mix meant the roads were atrocious. 1100 miles later and we stopped for lunch to blue skies and temps in the high 50's.
Bye Bye Alaska !!
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Old May 16th 2013 | 2:14 am
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Originally Posted by Jan Alaska
Alaska gave us quite the send off, freezing snow/rain mix meant the roads were atrocious. 1100 miles later and we stopped for lunch to blue skies and temps in the high 50's.
Bye Bye Alaska !!
Stunning scenery in the background, how do you keep your eyes on the road?
 
Old May 16th 2013 | 2:19 am
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Stunning scenery in the background, how do you keep your eyes on the road?
Just imagine you are driving through Nebraska and Kansas - That's How.
 
Old May 16th 2013 | 4:53 pm
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Originally Posted by Sue
Stunning scenery in the background, how do you keep your eyes on the road?
LOL Sue I don't which usually has me driving all over the place, luckily the traffic is few and far between and we've only seen 2 cops since crossing the Canadian border.

Todays drive from the Northern Rockies to Dawson Creek (mile 0 of the Alaska Hwy) was dull and boring by comparison, roads were like a giant rollercoaster crossing rivers then climbing stupidly steep hills only to do the same a few miles down the road. Tomorrow we are heading for Red Deer Alberta 445 miles away which will be our last stop in Canada before I try and persuade the border guards to let me back into the US.
 
Old May 17th 2013 | 1:21 am
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Originally Posted by Jan Alaska
Dawson Creek (mile 0 of the Alaska Hwy)
Bloody hell - someone made a post on here about somewhere I've actually been to
 
Old May 18th 2013 | 4:56 pm
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Long long day today, we travelled 580 miles from Red Deer to Glasgow MT. Nice driving along the trans-Canada hwy temps in the low 70's, managed to blag my way back into the US which was a good thing.

Meanwhile .... mother nature is taking a hissy fit because we escaped Alaska, in Anchorage temps are hovering around 15F with the windchill and 8 inches of fresh snow on the ground. That makes a record breaking 232 Days of winter in the Great Land for the 2012/13 season.
 
Old May 19th 2013 | 1:39 am
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That makes a record breaking 232 Days of winter in the Great Land for the 2012/13 season.
 
Old May 20th 2013 | 10:06 am
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Yeah, and I thought we had a bloody long winter
 
Old May 23rd 2013 | 10:03 am
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Arrived late Tuesday, drove through some stupid high winds and flooding in Minnesota and N Wisconsin.
Sun is out life is good ... and our life is still in boxes.
 
Old May 23rd 2013 | 11:57 am
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Originally Posted by Jan Alaska
Arrived late Tuesday, drove through some stupid high winds and flooding in Minnesota and N Wisconsin.
Sun is out life is good ... and our life is still in boxes.
Glad you arrived safe and sound.
 


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