There is the issue of modernity.

Largely, the frontier of Alaska grew up in the Age of Flight, meaning very often that roads, both of the asphalt variety and the rail variety weren’t much bothered with. Whole sections of this vast land are accessible only by air.

This puts my truck and 5th wheel at a decided disadvantage. It appears that the nearest I can get to the Arctic Circle is Fairbanks, pretty much.

I’ll fucking take it. Fairbanks here I come.

The place is still a shithole, really. You got end of the rope people living at the actual end of the rope. There’s a whole ‘nother edge going on.

Avoid Anchorage and the Kenai Peninsula. White trash city. Trailer parks as far as the eye can see.

Now that I am experiencing it, I’m not that impressed with frontier life. Sure I can do whatever the hell I want, but do I have to do it around these people?