Welcome to Backyard chickens - I'm sure we have an Alaskan thread. Go to "where am I, where are you," in the social forum to locate and post on your state thread. We have many Alaskan members. Off hand, one of my favorites is "Alaskan," He is active on the Cold folks thread (which you may be interested in subscribing to) and also the Old Folks thread ( you needn't be old to join) Reading his posts, I didn't think Alaska ever had nice summers - or summers at all.