North to the Future

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If this continues, Alaska might turn blue.

 

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"Elliott Highway from MP 28 to MP 74
Status: Difficult
Black ice, Frosted surface, Ice glaze, Icy patches, Wet and icy roads
Min Temperature: 34 degrees
Max Temperature: 50 degrees
Comments: Drive with headlights on, Reduce your speed, Slippery road..."

 

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Lost Lake trail runners, dwarfed by the surroundings.

BTW, they start close to sea level and finish closer.

Story

 

[Champakian]

I come from Kansas where everything is 'see' level...

 

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Just above the house

 

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Not a normal sight on the Dalton Highway by TAPS PS #3.

 

[Champakian]

Talk about out of place and time...

 

[thør]

I was unaware that luggage racks were made for Ferrari's.

 

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https://mediad.publicbroadcasting.net/p/kyuk/files/styles/x_large/public/202007/20200712_Mertarvik_KBasile-900465.jpg

You can't relax around the Covid.

(And, you wonder why these houses are being stick built out in the big middle of nowhere? If the house was panelized or modularized, there certainly wouldn't be as much labor required. Perhaps the local snogo dealer would go broke?)

 

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One of my HS classmates rants about the Alaska RR.

 

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I would not use the term "manufactured".

 

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Nice fish.

 

[Conager]

I would not use the term "manufactured".

‘Mr. Sheldon, did you marry this girl?’ He said, ‘No, but three other fellows have since then,’” Vinton says, adding that the woman’s mother had told her to stay “‘away from Bobby. He’s a genius, but they’re only one step away from insanity’.”

Ahahahaha

 

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So you can fuck and watch the aurora at the same time.

 

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[FL30]

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runway matting? It looks like the stuff that they used in WWII to set up airfields in the Pacific theater

 

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runway matting? It looks like the stuff that they used in WWII to set up airfields in the Pacific theater

Good stuff.

 

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[pecksniff]

Stephanie says that she wants to know
Why she's given half her life, to people she hates now
Stephanie says when answering the phone
What country shall I say is calling from across the world

But she's not afraid to die, the people all call her Alaska
Between worlds so the people ask her 'cause it's all in her mind
It's all in her mind

Stephanie says that she wants to know
Why it is thought she's the door She can't be the room

Stephanie says but doesn't hang up the phone
What sea shell sea is calling from across the world

But she's not afraid to die, the people all call her Alaska
Between worlds so the people ask her 'cause it's all in her mind
It's all in her mind

She asks you is it good or bad
It's such an icy feeling it's so cold in Alaska,
it's so cold in Alaska, it's so cold in Alaska

 

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That green water is damn cold. When the level was up several years ago, my friend Tom, died about in that spot. Battered by the current against the rocks. If only he had tried to roll that kayak one more time instead of swimming. We put his ashes in that spot. Said some words. Had a beer. And then, went paddling.

 

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Portrait of a trail builder.

 

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The real work, and the full measure of hunting knowledge and skill, begins after the animal is down.

 

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The little lake in the middle of the portage on the Delta River trip.

A beautiful trip.