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The a cruise from Juneau, through the Panama Canal, back to Florida. Flew home from there. I apologize for the vaguenss, but he told me about it 15+ years ago. Someday I'm going to do that same thing if I possibly can. |
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05-13-2010, 12:09 PM | #32 |
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There was a really neat show on PBS about a guy who went out to Alaska back in the 60s or 70s. He was about 40'ish years old. Built a log cabin (by hand) and all the necessities. Took a fair bit of home footage. Lived all alone in the middle of nowhere. Shows how much snow he had to dig out to keep his path from his cabin to the nearby lake/river clear. Footage of bears, etc. How he kept his meat safe from animals. Just a REALLY interesting show.
The kicker comes at the end. When they tell you he stayed there for 30 odd years until he was in his 70s or something. That's when your jaw drops because you see what hard work it was. Found it -- Alone in the Wilderness. I imagine it'll be back on PBS someday. http://www.dickproenneke.com/ |
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05-13-2010, 12:12 PM | #33 |
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When it's springtime in alaska i'll be 6 be six feet below
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05-13-2010, 12:31 PM | #34 |
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05-13-2010, 12:33 PM | #35 |
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Spent 6 months in Alaska in '78. Scenery is hypnotic... like another world. Teeming with fish & whales & porpoises & sea lions & eagles & bears & otters. You can pick up huge king crabs right off the sea floor. They don't even try to get away or pinch you - about the IQ of an oyster but still my favorite meal. Got a chance to visit Alaska? Take it!
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05-13-2010, 12:59 PM | #36 |
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05-13-2010, 01:03 PM | #37 |
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The wife and I took the inside passage cruise 6 days/nights and then 4 days inland. Ports were, Juneau, Ketchikan, Skagway, College Fjord, Glacier Bay. Disembarked at Seward then flew to Fairbanks for 2 days. Then we took the McKinley Express train back to Anchorage (2days). When we go back...and we will go back. We will fly to Fairbanks and rent a motorhome and car.
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10-31-2013, 09:57 AM | #42 |
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I like it up here. Neat to see the breakdown in the OP.
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10-31-2013, 09:59 AM | #43 |
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Really hmmmm I'd need darkness to do my photography stuff so summer is out its damn cold in the winter what to do
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I loved Alaska when I visited in the summer. Not sure how I'd feel about winter.
but it's gorgeous. I'd love to take an Alaskan cruise.
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