Author Archives: John
Cantwell in April 2008
What a weekend this was. The wife and I drove to Cantwell Friday night minus the grandson who was getting a cold. Of course if you asked him he was more than well enough to go, but mom said no and he was major disappointed, can blame him as this was the last ride we more »
Share on FacebookChatanika in April 2008
April is Arctic Man month and most folks head out to Summit the beginning of the week to make sure they get there with plenty of time to ride and play. Since I’m not a big fan of drinking and partying or at least I haven’t been for a while, I posted an unplanned ride more »
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What a month February 2008 was, flew to Southern California for a week of training on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and have to admit I enjoyed the weather. At 60 above folks are walking around with coats and sweaters and I was thinking a t-shirt would be more in line for the temps 70’s; more »
Share on FacebookLife in Alaska
Back from the Alaska bush. My trip into the Brooks Range was, well, exciting to say the least. We left Friday late afternoon and arrived at a lake about 185 miles north of Fairbanks and 80 miles north of the Arctic Circle. I’ll say now, it was beautiful… We had a great dinner and got more »
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What a beautiful day for my final ride of the season. Yup, I said final ride for the season, I know there is lots of snow on the ground still, but it”s melting fast and the rivers and creeks are starting to show open leads. We started this morning with a great breakfast at Chatanika more »
Share on FacebookThe Rex Trail
Another Alaskan adventure has come to an end. This year (05) we traveled the Rex Trail for Moose season. The Rex Trail is mainly a track rig trail which crosses the Park Hwy at mile 280 and goes either East or West, we went East. The state dept of Fish and Game opened the area more »
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