Thanks Bonnie... you have to remember everyday was not perfect... over the years I had forest fires, bears, mosquitoes, snow falls measured in feet and -40 degree winters balanced against no bills for electric, water or rent no rush hour well in fact no traffic at all and as icing on the cake many nights for 7 months of the year a light show put on by heavenly angels (aka Aurora ). If you wish I have a video of ()me and a couple friends building at the homestead if you Fast forward to the 40 second spot we are building the cabin I lived in for those 14 years. the rest of the video is building the larger home. Additional alaskan video can be found at kl1hbalaska/youtube
So interesting @Pete ...
I had a cousin move from Florida to Fairbanks when she got married years ago, and they built a log house for themselves up there.