Our eldest granddaughter took off,on a whim,two years ago and moved to Alaska. She loves it there and talks about how beautiful it is. We miss her sooo much but it has actually been a real good move for her. She needed to do some growing up and this move has done it. She works as a flagger on a road crew in the Summer (very good pay in Alaska) and as a waitress in the Winter. She was home for Christmas though and says that she will work the road crew this Summer and then come home-that she will NOT spend another Winter in Alaska. So we`ll see....