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Posted December 17th, 2012 - 11:52 pm by 
from Daylesford, Australia (Permalink)
from Daylesford, Australia (Permalink)who, on earth, would buy alaska? even with our handsome jp in it?
california, perhaps?
roo :>)
california, perhaps?
roo :>)
Posted December 18th, 2012 - 12:29 am by 
from Morgan Hill, United States (Permalink)
from Morgan Hill, United States (Permalink)JP - How about an Alaska Meetup to coincide with your birthday !?! If your birthday is not during the deep-chill 9-10 months of the year, it would provide many 50+'ers a once in a lifetime opportunity to visit Alaska ! Hey, is Sarah Palin also amongst the women smitten by you ? ;-)
Posted December 18th, 2012 - 1:05 am by 
from New York, United States (Permalink)
from New York, United States (Permalink)I would not travel to any place that is colder than 60F. Having spent one month in the winter cold without heat I do not ever want to be cold again.
Judy
Judy
Posted December 18th, 2012 - 5:13 am by 
from Soldotna, United States (Permalink)
from Soldotna, United States (Permalink)Funny stuff. The Washington Post did have a mostly tongue-in-cheek opinion piece that if the US sold Alaska, it could help solve our nation's debt crisis. We are resource rich: oil and natural gas, coal, perhaps the largest gold/copper potential on the planet, plentiful wild salmon, timber and etc. We here are use to be treated like a colony though, send all the good stuff out and we're stuck with the Palins. Well, Sarah and Todd moved to Arizona some time ago, but they did leave their notoriety here.
Flaminia, you have a few months on me, I'll turn 60 in October. Where does the time go?
Depnding on what I decide to do. I'll stay in Alaska from June to August if I do the 60 N to 60 S trip. If its the ski trip, I'll hang around until December. I'd be happy to organize an adventurous CS outing. I took couchsurfers kayaking in Resurrection Bay and hiking up on top of a glacier last summer.
Judy - there's no such thing as bad (as in cold) weather, only bad clothes. 60° F would signify a pleasant summer day.
Yeah, no Raju, SP is not smitten, most women on meeting me are more apt to smite.
Flaminia, you have a few months on me, I'll turn 60 in October. Where does the time go?
Depnding on what I decide to do. I'll stay in Alaska from June to August if I do the 60 N to 60 S trip. If its the ski trip, I'll hang around until December. I'd be happy to organize an adventurous CS outing. I took couchsurfers kayaking in Resurrection Bay and hiking up on top of a glacier last summer.
Judy - there's no such thing as bad (as in cold) weather, only bad clothes. 60° F would signify a pleasant summer day.
Yeah, no Raju, SP is not smitten, most women on meeting me are more apt to smite.
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Posted December 18th, 2012 - 7:18 am by from Soldotna, United States (Permalink)
from Soldotna, United States (Permalink)Don't get me wrong, I love going to warm places and will undoubtedly do so right after my village contract is up.
But when it's hot, you can only get so naked.
For guys like me, dressing like this, Alaska burka-style, is a much better look than the more, um, au natural look.
https://m.facebook.com/?refsrc=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2F&_rdr#!/photo.php?fbid=10150489456112132&id=650822131&set=a.10150452937582132.366073.650822131&refid=17
But when it's hot, you can only get so naked.
For guys like me, dressing like this, Alaska burka-style, is a much better look than the more, um, au natural look.
https://m.facebook.com/?refsrc=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2F&_rdr#!/photo.php?fbid=10150489456112132&id=650822131&set=a.10150452937582132.366073.650822131&refid=17
Posted December 18th, 2012 - 3:15 pm by 
from Tashkent, Uzbekistan (Permalink)
from Tashkent, Uzbekistan (Permalink)Hi grood,
@"I saw an article yesterday suggesting a way to fix the US deficit would be to - sell Alaska' ! To sell/return again to Russia?
Halima
@"I saw an article yesterday suggesting a way to fix the US deficit would be to - sell Alaska' ! To sell/return again to Russia?
Halima
Posted December 18th, 2012 - 5:59 pm by 
from Curitiba, Brazil (Permalink)
from Curitiba, Brazil (Permalink)Hi JP. Second option is much more ambitious and interesting!
Hugs!
Emi.
Hugs!
Emi.
Posted December 18th, 2012 - 7:07 pm by from Soldotna, United States (Permalink)
from Soldotna, United States (Permalink)When I turned 50, I was still working full time and my youngest son was still at home, so I had less ambitious thoughts on how to celebrate. I had hoped to read 50 books. try 50 new recipes and get out on 50 local adventures. I think I barely read 20 books, maybe tried 25 new recipes; the 50+ mini-adventures was easier to accomplish.
For 60, some other ideas include just doing 60 things that I never did before. By not pre-defining what 'things' meant, it would give me the freedom to include just about anything.
For myself, I allow ambitious thoughts to morph into what is actually do-able. Whether all the ambition becomes reality is less important.
When I climbed Kilimanjaro this past September, I met an Aussie gent who planned to summit the mountain on his 60th birthday. We high-fived when he got to the top. It was a cool moment.
There are a few of us out there who were born in 1953. It's been an interesting time to be on the planet. I remember at age 5 when my family got our first TV and here we are all now online with all sorts of devices to connect and interact. I'm typing this on my phone! In the US in my lifetime we've changed from a society where children and grandchildren of slaves weren't allowed to use public facilities to now when a man with African roots is the president.
With all of the problems and sadness in the world, it is still a great time to be alive.
For 60, some other ideas include just doing 60 things that I never did before. By not pre-defining what 'things' meant, it would give me the freedom to include just about anything.
For myself, I allow ambitious thoughts to morph into what is actually do-able. Whether all the ambition becomes reality is less important.
When I climbed Kilimanjaro this past September, I met an Aussie gent who planned to summit the mountain on his 60th birthday. We high-fived when he got to the top. It was a cool moment.
There are a few of us out there who were born in 1953. It's been an interesting time to be on the planet. I remember at age 5 when my family got our first TV and here we are all now online with all sorts of devices to connect and interact. I'm typing this on my phone! In the US in my lifetime we've changed from a society where children and grandchildren of slaves weren't allowed to use public facilities to now when a man with African roots is the president.
With all of the problems and sadness in the world, it is still a great time to be alive.
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Posted December 19th, 2012 - 2:57 am by from Soldotna, United States (Permalink)
from Soldotna, United States (Permalink)Although I do have scuba certification, I've never gone diving in Alaska, let alone under the ice. Somethings are just better done where it's warm. I have chipped open a hole on a frozen pond and jumped in to cool off from a sauna. It takes about 2 seconds to accomplish that.
But back to the thread - ways to celebrate turning 60 - you guys are worse than some of my students to keep on task!
Surf 60 couches? Could probably plan a nice route through a big chunk of the planet...that would average one couch every six days. Hmmm....
Hike/ski/bike 60 different trails in one year?
Or maybe like the 60 year old on Kilimanjaro, just pick one cool thing to do on my birthday. Anything happening in your part of the world on October 13?
But back to the thread - ways to celebrate turning 60 - you guys are worse than some of my students to keep on task!
Surf 60 couches? Could probably plan a nice route through a big chunk of the planet...that would average one couch every six days. Hmmm....
Hike/ski/bike 60 different trails in one year?
Or maybe like the 60 year old on Kilimanjaro, just pick one cool thing to do on my birthday. Anything happening in your part of the world on October 13?
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Posted December 19th, 2012 - 4:48 am by from Soldotna, United States (Permalink)
from Soldotna, United States (Permalink)Wow! Karen, thanks for that link. Your friend has some fabulous photos - what an experience. I did a quick check and an Anarctica cruise ranging in length of 10-14 days runs around $5000-6000+ USD. Expensive, but when will it be cheaper and when might I be able to do something like this again?
Right now I have a good friend who is working at McMurdo, the US scie scientific station there and just messages her about maybe working there next season (Oct-March). I've had 3 other friends work their in support capacity, not as scientist. They recruit Alaskans, go figure.
Yeah...Antarctica in 2013. Why not?
Right now I have a good friend who is working at McMurdo, the US scie scientific station there and just messages her about maybe working there next season (Oct-March). I've had 3 other friends work their in support capacity, not as scientist. They recruit Alaskans, go figure.
Yeah...Antarctica in 2013. Why not?
