- Feb 7, 2014
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Ooh! Lots of fun!
Starting over is always good.
My advice, bring as LITTLE as possible with you. It costs a fortune to move things to and from Alaska, so the garage sales here always have super good things for very little money.
But since you are with the military... Maybe they pay for moving?
Anyway......
I had a friend that said that his opinions on if people coming up here would love it or hate it, all hinged on if they wore hats. Wearing a stocking hat keeps you so much warmer, and therefor happier!
Remember, cotton kills.
All clothes should be all of the synthetics, wool, or silk. Super good long johns, the ones that adjust so you can wear them inside and out in warmer or colder temp comfortably are NEEDED (or will at least make you lots happier). I think my favorite pair is from bergelene or something like that. Hummmm. Never skimp on socks, super good wool socks. And I have lots of fleece, I like the ones with a long front zipper... Zipped up it is almost a turtle neck and unzipped all the way you can cool off if you got over heated.
Sierra trading post has great deals on all gear.
Since he has been under consideration for months, I am worried that we will get word that he has been accepted late in the season & then he has weeks of training to complete before going.. Putting us up there in the cold. We are in a hot, hot state currently, we won't find any needed winter gear here. Is there a good online source for bare essentials needed until we arrived? Is the Sierra Trading Post online? If he was to get accepted late I could go ahead & prepare that way.
I'm giving the sell all & go advice some serious thought. That WOULD cut down the stress level considerably, & we wouldn't be split in two vehicles on the trip up (uhaul & personal vehicle) which would make dealing with a child on a ten day road trip a lot easier, it seems, with both parents in the same vehicle... that isn't even touching on the costs..
If he gets accepted & if they don't move us lol I feel like I'm getting ahead of myself, there are so many "ifs", but at the same time this stuff needs to be thought about I suppose