As you can see from the watermelon picture, prices are HIGH in Alaska. Well, it would not fit in Rita anyway. They are not as high in the big cities of Anchorage and Fairbanks but very high everywhere else. In Anchorage and Fairbanks, you can get a gallon of milk for $2.89 - $3.29, but in the small town of Glenallen, we paid $6.49. We have been paying about $1 per navel orange. Kiwi fruit, which we love but are resisting, also cost about $1 each. Amazingly, seafood is not cheap here. Prices are very much like the prices in Atlanta, e. g. $19.95 for a pound of Halibut, but the big difference here is that you can get it, and you can buy it fresh at times. I say at times because usually it is frozen and it is hard to find it fresh. Why is this? Well everyone that wants it either catches their own, or knows someone who will catch it for them. They also keep big freezers and stock for long periods of time, so they prefer to buy flash frozen meats and fish.
Gas is also high. Here is the most we have paid in Alaska:
We are now in the Yukon Territory of Canada and gas will be even higher. In Canada, there seems to be price fixing as everyone sells at the same price. This was also suggested by a Canadian whom we met.
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