New Home Building Contractors License by Robert Swetz I am working on new plans for my employment and my future in the next 2-3 years. Because I am getting closer to retirement age I have decided to apply and obtain a Contractors License in the State of Alaska and start building new homes.In the ...
My wife Lin and I were walking the beaches at Homer Spit in beautiful Alaska and came across some beautiful Alaskan Jade.I grabbed a 15 pound piece of Jade to put at the end of our driveway as were pulling in and out to keep us from driving into the ditch.I know that Jade is "Good Luck" and bring...
Another one of Vegas Bob's Prayers has been answered ... God really works in mysterious ways when it comes to prayers, and yet another long awaited prayer has been answered at a perfect time in Vegas Bob's life.What is the answered prayer one might ask? Well I am keeping this one a secret and the...
I would personally like to wish my wife Lin and all the other mother's around the world a "Happy Mother's Day" My father and mother divorced when I was very young and have never met with my biological mother again. Then my father remarried and in 2010 my stepmother passed away from cancer ... B...
Vegas Bob is planing a 2 - 3 week vacation in Alaska this Summer That's right 2019 has brought Vegas Bob one year closer to his retirement and his vacation coming up this summer.Vegas Bob will be spending 2 -3 weeks in beautiful Alaska at a log home in Homer 5 hours south of Anchorage. His wife w...
HAPPY HOLIDAYS from Vegas Bob and Family Robert Vegas Bob Swetz and Family would like to wish all the ActiveRain members and other follwers of Social Networks Happy Holidays.2018 has been a very interesting year I might add and 2019 is going to be a great year for me.Here is a fun photo of Frost...
Robert Vegas Bob Swetz just arrived in Anchorage Alaska last evening and will be spending 2 weeks driving around taking photos and staying in his summer home in Homer.Please stay tuned and patient because Vegas Bob does not have a laptop so his posting is made from his iPhone ;o)
Alaska is my second home by Robert Vegas Bob Swetz As much time as I have been spending in Alaska the last 4 years it has become like my second home. In 2016 I spent around 5 months in Alaska followed by several weeks and months starting in 2014 until 2018.I have several investment properties in...
Beauty within Beauty in Homer Alaska ... My wife and I have been traveling around Alaska now for 4 years and Homer is by far our favorite place to visit and stay.When ever we come into town we always take a drive to Homer Spit to walk around, eat lunch and sometimes even go on a charter fishing f...
The sun set in Homer Alaska finally at around 2:00am and then came up at aroun 4:00am. While the sun was coming up there was a morning fog floating around the land in from on my home.Here is a interesting photo of the sunrise that I captured in Homer this morning ;o)
ALASKA The Last Frontier by Robert Swetz Growing up in the Midwest surrounded by 10,000 lakes I always dreamed of going to Alaska. I can't even remember how many times I would say to family and friends, I am going to go to Alaska some day.One day my friend that owned a company I was working for s...
Guess where Robert Vegas Bob Swetz is headed? Robert Swetz just finished booking his flight and rental car for his next visit to beautiful Alaska. Because I booked one month in advance I got a smoking deal on airfare for $404 dollars round trip in June and $45 dollars per day on the rental car....
Want to Live Longer ... Great Ways to Relax Living in big cities filled with traffic, people, fast passed and high technology, some of us have forgotten how to relax or lost our ways when it comes to creating free time for ourselves.Like going for a drive in the country and away from traffic for...
Purchasing Real Estate in Alaska by Robert SwetzMy first visit to Alaska was back in 2001 and I have been living and traveling back and forth to Alaska from the Lower 48 for around 4 years now.I have traveled all over the USA and other parts of the world and I have yet to find a place as quiet an...