You are very welcome here. Excellent that you really do your research and do so thoroughly. Susan's Place is well-populated with open-minded and freely-accepting people. Want friends? You'll find them here. Seek information? There's plenty of it here. Need freedom? Express yourself as freely as you wish. We're totally cool with that.
Speaking of cool, our warm regards to you in Alaska. Given my druthers, I'd druther be in the tropics or subtropics ... but ended up in Oregon instead. For-now wife and stepdaughter wanted to come here very much, and I was up for the compromise. Gettin' too old for bigtime sunbathing anyway ... but miss the heck out of it. Anyway, ...
Settle in, relax and be yourself. Glad you're here.
