| Author | Message | ||
| Tyson Hall (Trhall)
Member Username: Trhall Post Number: 252 Registered: 6-2003 |
My dad hauls produce to Alaska and fish back to the states. I enjoyed the ride up there but I don't think I would like to live there. | ||
| Bill Steele (Glassman)
Member Username: Glassman Post Number: 386 Registered: 4-2002 |
Art, I agree that Alaska is a harsh environment although I have never been there and have no intention of ever visiting. I think that the Ferrari enthusiasts of Siberia have the most hostile environment. Any comments from the Siberian Ferrrari One Month A Freaking Year Drivers Club! | ||
| arthur chambers (Art355)
Advanced Member Username: Art355 Post Number: 2577 Registered: 6-2001 |
Des: I was there the first two weeks of June. Ketchakan, Sita, Jeneau, Anchorage, Homer, Seldovia. Out of 2 weeks, only one sunny day. Balance of the time, windy overcast, etc. The people who live there must be some of the toughest in the entire world, a very, very hostile environment. I hate to think what winter must be like, and the people must be very determined to live in that environment. The landcape is absolutely dramatic, with huge mountains, etc. Art | ||
| MarkPDX (Markpdx)
Member Username: Markpdx Post Number: 460 Registered: 4-2003 |
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| DES (Sickspeed)
Senior Member Username: Sickspeed Post Number: 6313 Registered: 8-2002 |
i'd just like to be somewhere i'd like to be. | ||
| Bill Steele (Glassman)
Member Username: Glassman Post Number: 380 Registered: 4-2002 |
Alaska is definately too far North for me! I'm trying to head South. | ||
| DES (Sickspeed)
Senior Member Username: Sickspeed Post Number: 6304 Registered: 8-2002 |
What is it about Alaska that keeps you there...? Just curious... Do you like the cold weather...? | ||
| Bill Steele (Glassman)
Member Username: Glassman Post Number: 378 Registered: 4-2002 |
I'm with you Bob, the way things look right now snow could happen this week. I,m not happy! | ||
| DES (Sickspeed)
Senior Member Username: Sickspeed Post Number: 6297 Registered: 8-2002 |
LOL...! No time soon, all toy & vacation budgets have been waked, eulogized and buried... | ||
| Robert Taylor (4rebob)
New member Username: 4rebob Post Number: 24 Registered: 9-2002 |
nope. Cold is cold, hot is hot, hot and wet is sticky, cold and wet is frozen. So when are coming up for a visit? | ||
| DES (Sickspeed)
Senior Member Username: Sickspeed Post Number: 6286 Registered: 8-2002 |
Does that help...? i don't like the cold in any of it's forms... | ||
| Robert Taylor (4rebob)
New member Username: 4rebob Post Number: 22 Registered: 9-2002 |
But it's a dry cold. | ||
| DES (Sickspeed)
Senior Member Username: Sickspeed Post Number: 6279 Registered: 8-2002 |
A little cold over there, Bob...? | ||
| Robert Taylor (4rebob)
New member Username: 4rebob Post Number: 20 Registered: 9-2002 |
let me check.... yep, still here. | ||
| DES (Sickspeed)
Senior Member Username: Sickspeed Post Number: 6186 Registered: 8-2002 |
Still there, Bob...? | ||
| Wayne Ausbrooks (Lwausbrooks)
Moderator Username: Lwausbrooks Post Number: 2455 Registered: 8-2002 |
Hi Bob! Glad to see you're still with us. | ||
| Robert Taylor (4rebob)
New member Username: 4rebob Post Number: 19 Registered: 9-2002 |
I'm still here... | ||
| Wayne Ausbrooks (Lwausbrooks)
Moderator Username: Lwausbrooks Post Number: 2435 Registered: 8-2002 |
Whatever happened to 4reBob? | ||
| DES (Sickspeed)
Advanced Member Username: Sickspeed Post Number: 3351 Registered: 8-2002 |
i'll be looking for it... | ||
| Robert Taylor (4rebob)
New member Username: 4rebob Post Number: 9 Registered: 9-2002 |
DES - I leave a light on for you. | ||
| DES (Sickspeed)
Advanced Member Username: Sickspeed Post Number: 3280 Registered: 8-2002 |
LMAO, Robert, that's awesome...! More and more each day, i think about quitting my job, packing my stuff and just driving around the country... If i ever grow the grapes to do that, i'll definitely swing by... | ||
| Robert Taylor (4rebob)
New member Username: 4rebob Post Number: 8 Registered: 9-2002 |
DES, Please drop in and say hi if you're in the area. I've even got a spare room you can crash in ... and I might even let you borrow one of the Saturns. | ||
| Robert Taylor (4rebob)
New member Username: 4rebob Post Number: 7 Registered: 9-2002 |
Pavement and permafrost don't mix | ||
| DES (Sickspeed)
Advanced Member Username: Sickspeed Post Number: 3244 Registered: 8-2002 |
Mr. Taylor, if i'm ever in Alaska, i'll certainly let you know, but i can't foresee any trips there in the immediate or distant future... Though i'm curious as to what it's like, my budget for a 'vacation of curiosity' is nil right now... | ||
| '75 308 GT4 (Peter)
Advanced Member Username: Peter Post Number: 2642 Registered: 12-2000 |
Is it that bad? I thought all the highways were paved up to there... | ||
| Robert Taylor (4rebob)
New member Username: 4rebob Post Number: 6 Registered: 9-2002 |
I've done the Alcan 3 times in a MGB and once in an RX7. I don't know if I'd make a Ferrari suffer the road. | ||
| '75 308 GT4 (Peter)
Advanced Member Username: Peter Post Number: 2640 Registered: 12-2000 |
It would certainly make one hell-of-a cool adventure, for me to drive the GT4 all the way from Vancouver to Alaska... | ||
| Robert Taylor (4rebob)
New member Username: 4rebob Post Number: 5 Registered: 9-2002 |
DES, I don't think we'll be able to meet your "not below 70" request... but I can personally guarantee that you'd have a great time if you came up for a visit... or double your time back. | ||
| DES (Sickspeed)
Advanced Member Username: Sickspeed Post Number: 3198 Registered: 8-2002 |
Bob, that's a nice offer, thank you, but i don't know if i could go to Alaska... i would have to have a written guarantee from every official in the state that the temperature wouldn't drop below 70... | ||
| Robert Taylor (4rebob)
New member Username: 4rebob Post Number: 4 Registered: 9-2002 |
Lonely? Let me check... Nope. Anybody home? Of course not, It's the weekend, we're out enjoying the beautiful sunny 40 degree weather. Cold? The warmest I've seen it in beautiful downtown Eagle River is somewhere in the high 80's, the coldest somewhere around -40. You're all welcome to come up for a visit. | ||
| L. Wayne Ausbrooks (Lwausbrooks)
Intermediate Member Username: Lwausbrooks Post Number: 1322 Registered: 8-2002 |
Hello? ... Hello ... ello ....ello .... llo .... lo .... Anybody home? ... nybody home ... dy home ... home ... ome ... | ||
| DES (Sickspeed)
Advanced Member Username: Sickspeed Post Number: 3156 Registered: 8-2002 |
Damn- i could never live out there... Bob, what's the warmest it ever gets out in Alaska...? | ||
| L. Wayne Ausbrooks (Lwausbrooks)
Intermediate Member Username: Lwausbrooks Post Number: 1312 Registered: 8-2002 |
Lonely up there, huh? | ||
| Robert Taylor (4rebob)
New member Username: 4rebob Post Number: 3 Registered: 9-2002 |
Looks like an early spring. If this keeps up, I'll have to get the car out. Anyone else ready for a drive? |