Things I Learned Living in Alaska.

I learned some things living in Alaska for the past (almost) 2 years.  

1. Alaskans party harder.  You think you do?  You're wrong.

2. Despite the parties, I still don't like whiskey.

3. Riding in shoulder deep powder is 98% exhilarating 2% terrifying.  The fear of falling and getting lost in the snow was enough to keep me upright.

4. How to drive using "braille".

5. That the "shuffle" feature on iPods can ruin an awesome run.  Nothing is worse than being in the zone and iPod decides to change your song. 

6. It's a different world in Alaska. Seriously.  I can't explain it, but it is.

7. We deep fry Salmon.  You may never find this in a restaurant in the rest of the US, but we have 50 lbs in our freezers, so why not fry it?

8. A moose encounter is more intimidating than a black bear.  (I hope I'm not alone on this one...)

9. 60 degrees can be freezing or sweltering.

10. It's not cold until you step outside and the chill literally takes your breath away and instantly freezes your nose, eyes, throat, etc.

11. By day 3 my hair starts getting greasy.  

12. You do get to choose your family and they get to choose you too.

13. Lifties are a special breed of people.  They can vomit off the lift, shovel feet of snow, then still go ride harder than anyone else on the mountain. (I'm not including myself on this, we all know that I don't ride hard.)

I'm loving Idaho but I'm still missing Alaska every day.  We just got the 2013 gear guide in the mail, I'm in heaven.