I was stationed at Elmendorf AFB back in the 90s and lived in Anchorage for awhile before moving to Eagle River.

Were you the panicked guy on the speakerphone when the fake missiles hit in “War Games”?

I hate Alaska. Lived there for 4 years. Too cold and boring.

You still live in ER?

I’m glad to see this. Your attitude helps keep the population down.

Sadly, no. :(

I'm currently in South Dakota. I often think about just packing up the truck and heading northwest though.

We are looking to take an Alaska trip in the late summer. There is so much that we want to do so I’m thinking at least 10 days. Given that time frame it will definitely be more expensive than I was hoping. But we definitely are thinking Denali, Kenai, a train ride, a short cruise in Kenai, and the northern lights. Plus a variety of things like hiking and maybe kayaking. Can that be done in that time frame? We are thinking a car rental but I don’t really have a good sense of how long activities or travel between them would take.

If you stand on Sarah Palin's porch you can see Russia - that's pretty neat

I bet the bears like the peace and quiet as well.

Three words: Kodiak bear tour.

It's one of the coolest things I've ever done.

That’s a lot in 10 days and seeing northern lights in the summer is hard. Too much daylight. I’d think 2 weeks. PM me and I’ll help you set up your trip. I’ll give you good places to stay and to do.

I went to Alaska a few summers ago and it was amazing. Landed on a glacier, visited with an Iditarod dog team, saw grizzly bears, caught Salmon, and other manly shit. The only thing that would drive me crazy living there is the bizarre lighting. It would be midnight and totally sunny out.

We went this year and you run out of adjectives trying to describe the beauty.