SperlingViews - Wasilla, Alaska

Most people think all of Alaska is cold and allot of it is. But Wasilla area, forty miles from Anchorage and we share a much warmer weather system. Eighty plus some summers and very seldom lower than twenty five below zero. It is worth spending a little time with your computer and investigate these two cities. Be careful that you don't fall in love with Alaska as I did fifty eight years ago. [read more...]

I left that rathole back in the early 1990,s . Don't miss it a bit. Too much rat race and too many people to enjoy anything to do. Back then there were few stores in Wasilly . Most had to go into Anchortown to shop. Can't say as I would ever go there again.[read more...]

winter was to long this year. Snow and dark from oct to April and it snowed may too!!! Its June now and the weather is nice and mild with 18 hrs of daylight.[read more...]

While I have lived here 23 years this May, Alaska is I can say not for the weak of heart. It takes special kinds of people to live here effectivly. First of all any area that you must import everything because the ground is too cold to dig, is in my mind not a place to be. So instead I chose Wasilla, nestled right outside Anchorage this sleepy little town is expanding at a rapid pace. Target blew up the old mall but that's okay because they were overpriced and hardly had any good stores. Now in Alaska we have what all other urban cities have, Gap, Banana Republic, Nordstroms, and TGIFridays. The difference is the prestine but always threatened landscapes, the overly buracracy riden social programs, and the extreme cold. However, the land scape overcomes all and you are either mezmerized or miserable.[read more...]