I'd LOVE to be based in ANC, flying a Beaver on floats to fishing spots! Get some Silvers!

As a kid my Dad was based there in the Air Force. We arrived from Texas a few months after the big earthquake in 1964 (?) and the place was a mess, but I loved watching the sled dogs running down the middle of the snow covered main street, pulling a big sled, and the family of moose that lived in the woods across the street from our apartment. It was weird walking to and from school with a flashlight though! (up hill, both ways, barefoot, in snow)

Check out the picture of down town ANC after the quake:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1964_Alaska_earthquake

He was transferred back to Randolff AFB after only a year in ANC, (and FAI) and then up to Pease AFB in 1966. By the time I turned 6 I had lived in Cali, Tx (twice) Alaska and NH. We stayed in NH for the rest of my childhood. It was nice to put down some roots, even if they did talk funny!