North to Alaska 2024

[DoggyDaddy]

As a vet, that Denali Park article makes my blood boil. They wouldn't have a 'park experience' if it wasn't for the patriots that enable her freedoms. Wish I was there so i could ride in there with my flag especially this weekend.

The whole crew should've walked off the job or maybe even undone what work they'd already done. "You want this bridge built? You build it, you commie b****!"

 

[SnoopLoggyDog]

Spent all day yesterday installing shiplap on our bedroom walls. Will post pictures when it is done.

Also took a few minutes to do laundry. I use a simple washtub and "Breathing Washer".


Used 15 gallons of rainwater for the wash and rinse cycles.

The drying cycle takes a few hours if the sun is out. We also have a clothsline upstairs for rainy days.

 

[BigRed]

Do you do any hunting or fishing up there?

 

[SnoopLoggyDog]

Do you do any hunting or fishing up there?

Not yet. Been working on the cabin since 2017. Hope to do some fishing starting next year.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Not yet. Been working on the cabin since 2017. Hope to do some fishing starting next year.

Oh man... I can see holding off on hunting, but I think if I was on a lake in AK I'd have to at least wet a line.

 

[SnoopLoggyDog]

Oh man... I can see holding off on hunting, but I think if I was on a lake in AK I'd have to at least wet a line.

The fishing regulations up here are more complicated than filling out an IRS 1040 Long Form in Sanskit. The fines up here are also pretty steep. I figure I will head down to Homer and go halibut fishing through a charter. Let them deal with the Fish & Game Karens.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

The fishing regulations up here are more complicated than filling out an IRS 1040 Long Form in Sanskit. The fines up here are also pretty steep. I figure I will head down to Homer and go halibut fishing through a charter. Let them deal with the Fish & Game Karens.

I wondered if that was the case.

 

[SnoopLoggyDog]

Finished the shiplap in the upstairs bedroom.



View off the upper deck.


We are 40 miles West of Seward. On the other side of the mountains is the Harding Ice Field. One of the glaciers empties into Skilak Lake.

 

[Cavman]

What would the winters be like at your location? What time is is dark there now?

 

[BigRed]

The fishing regulations up here are more complicated than filling out an IRS 1040 Long Form in Sanskit. The fines up here are also pretty steep. I figure I will head down to Homer and go halibut fishing through a charter. Let them deal with the Fish & Game Karens.

Ugh

 

[BigRed]

This may have been mentioned already, but how many acres are you on?

 

[SnoopLoggyDog]

What would the winters be like at your location? What time is is dark there now?

I've been up here in the winter a couple of times. Lows were around 20 below zero. Highs in the zero to 5 above range. Sun came up at 9am, but never got above the treeline. Was dark by 4pm. Snow depth was always 1-2 feet on the ground.

This time of year, sunrise is at 5am. Sundown at 11pm. It never really gets dark right now. The sun is lurking just below the horizon. At 2am, it is light enough to walk around outside and see everything.

 

[SnoopLoggyDog]

This may have been mentioned already, but how many acres are you on?

I'm on 1.5 acres(2 lots). BIL owns 3.5 acres. Island is only 160 acres total.

 

[actaeon277]

The whole crew should've walked off the job or maybe even undone what work they'd already done. "You want this bridge built? You build it, you commie b****!"

Problem is.. getting everyone to walk off.

Fortunately, where I worked had a flag at the main office, the medical building, and each of the blast furnaces.
I guess management had other things to argue about.

 

[actaeon277]

And if someone doesn't like seeing the US flag, while they're in the US.. they are more than welcome to use one of the airports, highways, or ports, to go somewhere else and FO

 

[actaeon277]

Then.. there's idiots like this one..





Oh. And I may not have "stormed the beaches", but I did put in 6 years on the 'defending team'.
And I'm named after a relative that was KIA in the Pacific.

Though.. that really doesn't matter does it.
You don't need to be military, ex military, or whatever to fly the flag.
It's kinda one of those things ANYONE can do.

So.. just F all the way off.

 

[SnoopLoggyDog]

Took this picture from my deck a few years ago. It is normal to have 3-4 moose on the island. This is the first year I have not seen any.

We do get the occasional black bear once every 10 years or so. They usually swim over from the mainland, snoop around for a few days, then swim back.

This weekend, my BIL is replacing a bunch of boards on his deck. Up here, people use 2x6's for deck boards. In fact, they don't normally sell treated 5/4 deck boards up here. The snow loads and weather is hard on decks.


The tip of my seven year old tape measure broke off today. Had to break out the plumbers rule to finish todays project. Always good to have a back-up.

Tool wise, I used Ryobi rechargable tools to build the cabin. People scoff at the durability of Ryobi tools, but for me, they did the job. In fact, a large majority of the folks out here use them. My BIL has a Ryobi electric log splitter that works great.

I do have a corded circular saw, heavy duty drill, router, and heat gun that I run off the generator.

Checked earlier today and did not see a radio station listed on the Indy Racing Network for Alaska. Going to get up at 6am and poke around on the radio, to see if I can listen to the race.

As I am typing this, it is 1am here. I have one bar on my phone. As soon as morning arrives, that will drop off due to everyone using their phone. Even sending these posts at night takes 1-2 minutes to upload.

 

[ditcherman]

Are HAM radios or other bands pretty popular up there?

 

[gassprint1]

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Took this picture from my deck a few years ago. It is normal to have 3-4 moose on the island. This is the first year I have not seen any.

We do get the occasional black bear once every 10 years or so. They usually swim over from the mainland, snoop around for a few days, then swim back.

This weekend, my BIL is replacing a bunch of boards on his deck. Up here, people use 2x6's for deck boards. In fact, they don't normally sell treated 5/4 deck boards up here. The snow loads and weather is hard on decks.

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The tip of my seven year old tape measure broke off today. Had to break out the plumbers rule to finish todays project. Always good to have a back-up.

Tool wise, I used Ryobi rechargable tools to build the cabin. People scoff at the durability of Ryobi tools, but for me, they did the job. In fact, a large majority of the folks out here use them. My BIL has a Ryobi electric log splitter that works great.

I do have a corded circular saw, heavy duty drill, router, and heat gun that I run off the generator.

Checked earlier today and did not see a radio station listed on the Indy Racing Network for Alaska. Going to get up at 6am and poke around on the radio, to see if I can listen to the race.

As I am typing this, it is 1am here. I have one bar on my phone. As soon as morning arrives, that will drop off due to everyone using their phone. Even sending these posts at night takes 1-2 minutes to upload.

Don't they sell the synthetic boards in Alaska. Those would outlast everything.

 

[SnoopLoggyDog]

Don't they sell the synthetic boards in Alaska. Those would outlast everything.

Yes, they sell trex and it is mostly used in town. The joists have to be 12" on center to build with it. It is also a lot more expensive. Out in the sticks, less materials and cheap is the way to go.

As far as outlasting everything, I'm not sure? BIL has a trex deck in town. The bazillion hours of summer sun has already faded it in the past couple of years. Summer UV and winter snow loads and freeze/thaw movement is tough on structures.