The Price of Milk

A while back a good friend of mine, who I miss a lot and wish I was living closer to, encouraged me to write posts regularly and write about our life up here in Alaska. She said that I should write about anything, even if it was just writing about the price of milk. Well, today I got a chance to spend some time on my computer and I decided that I should write a blog post when all of my ideas that I had had yesterday for a blog post suddenly slipped away and I was left with nothing but a big blank text box. I searched and searched my thoughts couldn't find anything to write about. Then, like a ray from the sun - breaking, bursting, streaming with the speed of light down to me and I found myself with an idea - the price of milk! I am happy to report that due to the power of commerce and reduced shipping rates a gallon of whole milk here in Juneau, Alaska is only a mere $3.39. One peculiar thing that W and I discovered upon shopping for milk just after moving here was that stores don't really charge a different price for different types of milk; so non-fat, 1%, 2%, and whole milk are all just about the same price. Juneau itself does not seem to have any sort of diary farm. From what I've heard from the locals, the Mendenhall Valley area of Juneau was filled in just so that they could have a diary farm in Juneau. Now, of course, it has been replaced by modern suburbia and all of the population of Juneau depends on Washington and Oregon for their dairy. Well, I hope you have enjoyed this A, I miss you very much and hope you are doing well, thanks for the idea!  :-)