Uncle AJ's Rolex, Wrist Watch & Nature Forum :: We're Going To Alaska.........

uncle aj
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Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2008 2:46 am Post subject:

Don't forget to pack the thermals Larry, it looks a bit chilly. .............and don't forget to pack the camera!!

mailman
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Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2008 3:22 pm Post subject:

Did you live there for work reasons Larry? _________________ Let's rock this place :-) #17

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Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2008 6:22 pm Post subject:

mailman wrote:

Did you live there for work reasons Larry?

Yes, I was an Air Taffic Controller there during the '70s.

There was only 1 main highway connecting Anchorage to Fairbanks (halfway up the state). That highway Tee'd off and went down through Canada to the US. That included 2,000 miles of gravel road..

I kept my pilots license current back then and logged a couple of thousand hours going fishing, hunting, and sight seeing.

When we left in 1980, we drove the almost 4,000 miles from Anchorage, down the AlCan highway to my next job in Oakland, California.. That by itself was a two week adventure..

Heres a scan of an old photo from that trip..We stopped along the road for lunch..

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uncle aj
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Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2008 7:40 pm Post subject:

Those must be great memories Larry.

mailman
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Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2008 12:21 pm Post subject:

That's a great picture Larry Memories like that are priceless. _________________ Let's rock this place :-) #17

uncle aj
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Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2008 12:30 pm Post subject:

mailman wrote:

Memories like that are priceless.

So is the hairstyle.

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Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2008 12:31 pm Post subject:

uncle aj wrote:

mailman wrote:

Memories like that are priceless.

So is the hairstyle.

I'm gald you said it

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uncle aj
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Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2008 12:32 pm Post subject:

mailman wrote:

uncle aj wrote:

mailman wrote:

Memories like that are priceless.

So is the hairstyle.

I'm gald you said it

I may not be when Larry turns up.

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Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2008 6:18 pm Post subject:

Hmmmm... I can see the respect I get over here.. That was the latest style in the 70's (I keep it to prove that I used to have hair).... The photo isn't so good and you can't really see the Fu Manchu mustache.. This was in the summertime...in the winter I usually grew a full beard......... Hiking the mountains in the summer, flying all over the state for the best fishing spot, hunting moose and caribou, glacier and mountain skiing in the winter.. I was a real manly man At least, that's the way I remember it.. I'm tired just thinking about it.....time for my morning nap.. _________________ - Larry #12

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