Interior Alaska
Crane Falls in River
The State DOT is replacing the bridge over the Chena River in downtown Fairbanks and the contractor had a slight Ooops…. Fortunately no one was hurt, they did say the operator was a bit shook up, ya think…. Share on Facebook
Share on FacebookChulitna, the saga continues
So we went down to Hurricane again this weekend for three days of rain, sweat and mud. Plan was to finish up cutting our new trail in to the cabin site, haul the twenty 8 foot 6”x8” railroad ties to be used for the posts and start digging holes for them. Tyler and I headed more »
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Last week commenced the brushing of the cabin location and trail into it. It was a muddy and wet start. Tyler and I went down Thursday night and got a fresh start Friday morning riding what last year was a nice dry trail. The rain this year has so far been fair and almost non-existent more »
Share on FacebookUnimak Island
This hits the spot for Alaskans and the issue with 7 wolves on Unimak Island. Of course if all you ever do is drive to the local grocery store down the road for your groceries, you won’t understand folks who don’t have that option. Groceries stores don’t exist outside the cities up here, there isn’t more »
Share on FacebookAlaska Wolves and we lose
http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2010/06/07/alaska-wolves.html Man, what a bunch of sh-t, the “protect the wolves” folks are all over this saying how the wolves won. OK, so now we have an island that houses the only known Island caribou being killed off by 7 wolves. The courts won’t let the state Fish and Wildlife kill the wolves, so if more »
Share on FacebookSummer and Forest Fires
Yukon-wide fire ban in effect Campfires, fireworks and all other open fires have been banned across the Yukon, due to the high risk of forest fires in much of the territory. The fire ban, which was signed on Thursday by Yukon forest supervisor Dan Boyd, takes effect immediately. It prohibits all open fires, including campfires, more »
Share on FacebookMt. Ryan
Trish and I were going to go RVing, just her, I and the pups, but then she felt sorry for Tyler as it was his birthday Sunday and he really wanted to go ATVing with me. So she stayed home and Tyler and I headed out. Now this wasn’t just a fun and play weekend, more »
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So how did I get myself in this fine mix of spending money and having to build a cabin. For the past few years my buddy Dean and I have talked about how one of us needed to get a cabin down in the Cantwell area so we’d have a place to stay when we more »
Share on FacebookIts Spring…..
Too bad we don’t have 5 more feet of snow to go with it. The Iron Dog was a rough race this year. Rohn (a small community in Alaska) was literally down to dirt, no snow and it did its worst to lots of sleds. Overheating and rough trail really knocked everyone out this year. more »
Share on FacebookThe first black bears of the season
FAIRBANKS – The first black bears of the season have been spotted in the Tanana and Yukon valleys. Biologist Tom Seaton with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game said he saw black bears in both areas while flying on Wednesday, though none were anywhere close to Fairbanks. The first bears of the season are more »
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