I'm with True Position on this one.....Alaska will always be there, your friends and family won't.I moved about 10hrs away from home, and look forward to Thanksgiving and Xmas breaks all year long justto go back home and hunt with the old man and my friends for a few days......a little side bar, I moved to a place where the hunting sucks IMO, so I'm sure that makes a diff. But, in the end I'd like to be back with friends and family are....2006season I will be! Sounds like you in a pretty darn good place the way it is. Good luck