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Palmer, AK
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Latitude: 61.601879 -- Longitude: -149.117351
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Palmer began in 1916 as a railway station on the Matanuska branch of the Alaska Railroad. In 1935, during the Great Depression, the United States government created an agricultural colony in Alaska. 203 families, mostly from Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota, arrived in the summer of 1935. The failure rate was high, but many of their descendants still live in the area. Construction of the statewide road system and the rapid development of Anchorage has fueled growth around Palmer. Many Palmer residents commute to work in Anchorage. These days, Palmer is most noted in Alaska as the location of the annual Alaska State Fair, an event in the early fall known for its record-setting giant cabbages, among other attractions. -- Source: Wikipedia.com
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Palmer began in 1916 as a railway station on the Matanuska branch of the Alaska Railroad. In 1935, during the Great Depression, the United States government created an agricultural colony in Alaska. 203 families, mostly from Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota, arrived in the summer of 1935. The failure rate was high, but many of their descendants still live in the area. Construction of the statewide road system and the rapid development of Anchorage has fueled growth around Palmer. Many Palmer residents commute to work in Anchorage. These days, Palmer is most noted in Alaska as the location of the annual Alaska State Fair, an event in the early fall known for its record-setting giant cabbages, among other attractions. -- Source: Wikipedia.com
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Census Data for Palmer, Alaska
Alaska 2000 Census Population Profile Map| Palmer | Alaska | United States | |
| Population | 4,533 | 626,932 | 281,421,906 |
| Median age | 28.8 | 32.4 | 35.3 |
| Median age for Male | 26.8 | 32.4 | 34 |
| Median age for Female | 30.6 | 32.5 | 36.5 |
| Households | 1,472 | 221,600 | 105,480,101 |
| Household population | 4,142 | 607,583 | 273,643,273 |
| Average household size | 2.81 | 2.74 | 2.59 |
| Families | 1,058 | 152,337 | 71,787,347 |
| Average family size | 3.29 | 3.28 | 3.14 |
| Housing units | 1,555 | 260,978 | 115,904,641 |
| Occupied units | 1,472 | 221,600 | 105,480,101 |
| Vacant units | 83 | 39,378 | 10,424,540 |
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Travel plans; bike and chair for sale
12/27/2011
I just worked through my travel plans for next week, and it looks like the drive from Palmer, Alaska to Denver, Colorado will take about ten days. I could probably do it a day or two faster, but I'd like to visit Haines, Alaska, because I've never been there, and I also like Stewart, British Columbia.
Here are my approximate travel plans, by day:
Screw the computer
12/27/2011
Yesterday afternoon I wasn't feeling well, and laid down for a short nap. When I woke up, I made a cup of coffee, then tried to turn on my six-month old MacBook Air, only to find it was dead. Technically I got the spinning beachball of death, and then found it was completely dead when I tried to reboot it. In short, the computer no longer thinks it has a hard drive (or in this case, a solid state disk drive).
Cloudy weather blues
12/27/2011
We're going through another one of those stretches here in Palmer, Alaska where I haven't seen the sun since, well, I don't know when. I remember thinking I should have gone to the State Fair last Monday or Tuesday, so the sun may have been out then, or at least it was less cloudy.
But today it's both clouds and low-hanging fog, and if I'm not mistaken, some of those clouds are leaving another sprinkle of "termination dust" on the mountain tops.
Colorado or bust
12/27/2011
Now that I've told everyone in Alaska that needed to know the news, I can announce here that I'll be moving back to the Lower-48 in September, Colorado, specifically.
Random thoughts from the last week
12/27/2011
Today is a departure from my normal writing, and just a collection of random thoughts:
The river at Hatcher Pass, Alaska
12/27/2011
While I was on the phone with some relatives yesterday, I pulled over to the side of the road as I entered Hatcher Pass, because I didn't want the cell phone reception to get any worse. I pulled over to the left side of the road, and after the phone call ended, I made this short video of the river where I parked:
Termination dust spotted - Anchorage, Alaska, August 5, 2011
12/27/2011
Dateline Downtown, Alaska, August 5, 2011: Wow, I know it's been cold, wet, and windy here lately, but today some friends on Twitter report the first sighting of "termination dust" on the mountains in Anchorage(!).
If you haven't heard of it before, termination dust is the first snowfall of the year, indicating the pending termination of the summer season. All I have to say is that August 5th sure seems early to me.
Valley Programming now in Boulder, Colorado
12/20/2011
Just a quick note here today that I have moved to Colorado, and I'm currently in the process of establishing my company in Colorado as well. For more information on that, see my Valley Programming (Boulder, Colorado) website.
(Fortunately for me, the area around Boulder is known as the "Boulder valley", so I don't have to change the name of my programming business.)
Morning temps in the 30s, and Hatcher Pass Lodge
12/20/2011
I'm in a hurry today, trying to figure out how to pack everything in my car so I can get on the road. But I wanted to take a few moments to note two things.
Travel plans; bike and chair for sale
12/20/2011
I just worked through my travel plans for next week, and it looks like the drive from Palmer, Alaska to Denver, Colorado will take about ten days. I could probably do it a day or two faster, but I'd like to visit Haines, Alaska, because I've never been there, and I also like Stewart, British Columbia.
Here are my approximate travel plans, by day:
The river at Hatcher Pass, Alaska
12/20/2011
While I was on the phone with some relatives yesterday, I pulled over to the side of the road as I entered Hatcher Pass, because I didn't want the cell phone reception to get any worse. I pulled over to the left side of the road, and after the phone call ended, I made this short video of the river where I parked:
Screw the computer
12/20/2011
Yesterday afternoon I wasn't feeling well, and laid down for a short nap. When I woke up, I made a cup of coffee, then tried to turn on my six-month old MacBook Air, only to find it was dead. Technically I got the spinning beachball of death, and then found it was completely dead when I tried to reboot it. In short, the computer no longer thinks it has a hard drive (or in this case, a solid state disk drive).
Cloudy weather blues
12/20/2011
We're going through another one of those stretches here in Palmer, Alaska where I haven't seen the sun since, well, I don't know when. I remember thinking I should have gone to the State Fair last Monday or Tuesday, so the sun may have been out then, or at least it was less cloudy.
But today it's both clouds and low-hanging fog, and if I'm not mistaken, some of those clouds are leaving another sprinkle of "termination dust" on the mountain tops.
Colorado or bust
12/20/2011
Now that I've told everyone in Alaska that needed to know the news, I can announce here that I'll be moving back to the Lower-48 in September, Colorado, specifically.
Random thoughts from the last week
12/20/2011
Today is a departure from my normal writing, and just a collection of random thoughts:
Termination dust spotted - Anchorage, Alaska, August 5, 2011
12/20/2011
Dateline Downtown, Alaska, August 5, 2011: Wow, I know it's been cold, wet, and windy here lately, but today some friends on Twitter report the first sighting of "termination dust" on the mountains in Anchorage(!).
If you haven't heard of it before, termination dust is the first snowfall of the year, indicating the pending termination of the summer season. All I have to say is that August 5th sure seems early to me.
Valley Programming now in Boulder, Colorado
12/13/2011
Just a quick note here today that I have moved to Colorado, and I'm currently in the process of establishing my company in Colorado as well. For more information on that, see my Valley Programming (Boulder, Colorado) website.
(Fortunately for me, the area around Boulder is known as the "Boulder valley", so I don't have to change the name of my programming business.)
Morning temps in the 30s, and Hatcher Pass Lodge
12/13/2011
I'm in a hurry today, trying to figure out how to pack everything in my car so I can get on the road. But I wanted to take a few moments to note two things.
Travel plans; bike and chair for sale
12/13/2011
I just worked through my travel plans for next week, and it looks like the drive from Palmer, Alaska to Denver, Colorado will take about ten days. I could probably do it a day or two faster, but I'd like to visit Haines, Alaska, because I've never been there, and I also like Stewart, British Columbia.
Here are my approximate travel plans, by day:
Screw the computer
12/13/2011
Yesterday afternoon I wasn't feeling well, and laid down for a short nap. When I woke up, I made a cup of coffee, then tried to turn on my six-month old MacBook Air, only to find it was dead. Technically I got the spinning beachball of death, and then found it was completely dead when I tried to reboot it. In short, the computer no longer thinks it has a hard drive (or in this case, a solid state disk drive).
Cloudy weather blues
12/13/2011
We're going through another one of those stretches here in Palmer, Alaska where I haven't seen the sun since, well, I don't know when. I remember thinking I should have gone to the State Fair last Monday or Tuesday, so the sun may have been out then, or at least it was less cloudy.
But today it's both clouds and low-hanging fog, and if I'm not mistaken, some of those clouds are leaving another sprinkle of "termination dust" on the mountain tops.
Colorado or bust
12/13/2011
Now that I've told everyone in Alaska that needed to know the news, I can announce here that I'll be moving back to the Lower-48 in September, Colorado, specifically.
Random thoughts from the last week
12/13/2011
Today is a departure from my normal writing, and just a collection of random thoughts:
The river at Hatcher Pass, Alaska
12/13/2011
While I was on the phone with some relatives yesterday, I pulled over to the side of the road as I entered Hatcher Pass, because I didn't want the cell phone reception to get any worse. I pulled over to the left side of the road, and after the phone call ended, I made this short video of the river where I parked:
Termination dust spotted - Anchorage, Alaska, August 5, 2011
12/13/2011
Dateline Downtown, Alaska, August 5, 2011: Wow, I know it's been cold, wet, and windy here lately, but today some friends on Twitter report the first sighting of "termination dust" on the mountains in Anchorage(!).
If you haven't heard of it before, termination dust is the first snowfall of the year, indicating the pending termination of the summer season. All I have to say is that August 5th sure seems early to me.
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