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RE: 3 hours, 29 minutes, 41 seconds*
I remember schooldays in Beaver Creek, Yukon. The sun would be just rising at morning recess, at its peak at lunch and then setting during the afternoon recess. Relied greatly on the skidoo headlights on the 3 mile treak to school and home again.
Well my schoolday memories don't include a snowmachine, but I do remember the dark and the cold! Kids today have it easy...it only gets to about 35 below for the coldest with a rare dip below that (at which time the kids don't usually go to school). Back in the day, I can remember many a schoolday at -45F and -50F below, waiting at the bus stop for that yellow bus...which wasn't much warmer inside!
My father had that philosophy that "if the school was open, you was in it"! So wintertime for us usually involved a long process of getting dressed for school!
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ak_traveler
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12/22/09 12:43am |
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RE: 3 hours, 29 minutes, 41 seconds*
Hi 'rock,
Ordinarily, I would be jealous of your NH winter...but I've been watching the news and you can have that snow storm all to yourself! LOL!
Up here in God's Icebox, we are actually in a snow deficit...we should have a foot or two more snow than we currently have. And that can cause us real problems - without that good blanket of snow, the ground can freeze harder and along with that, our pipes! Folks with leech fields and septic systems (not us, fortunately) are also susceptible to cold weather.
'Course if you're like sue t. from Beaver Creek, you might have an outhouse in which case it really doesn't matter the snow coverage - so long as it stays cold and doesn't thaw out too soon! Just kidding, sue! LOL!
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ak_traveler
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12/22/09 12:38am |
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3 hours, 29 minutes, 41 seconds*
Well we made it...the shortest day of the year! :) We will finally start gaining daylight again tomorrow or the next day and start creeping back towards summer!
For us here in the Interior of Alaska, the next couple months will be the coldest (ironic that as we begin to gain daylight, the temps get colder!) but along about the end of March, it will begin getting warm enough to spend some "quality time" outside - without having to spend half that time getting dressed for it!
Come on, summer!:B
*depending on where you are standing at the time!
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ak_traveler
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12/21/09 07:21pm |
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RE: Invasive species - any where you live ?
If you ask some people up here they would say tourists are an invasive species! But then, I act like one every summer so I can't comment on that.
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ak_traveler
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10/14/09 12:27am |
Around the Campfire
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RE: Does The RV Make The Man/Woman?
I wouldn't say I show a particular friendliness towards one type or brand of RV, but I do admit to fits of jealousy when I see a big fancy multi-$$$ Class A or bus conversion pull into the RV park!
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ak_traveler
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10/14/09 12:23am |
RV Lifestyle
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RE: You MIGHT be an RV'r if . . .
So how many of these do you have to check off before you're a hopeless case???
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ak_traveler
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10/14/09 12:19am |
RV Lifestyle
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RE: Rainy Day RV Activities
As long as the conditions are not too bad, put on the rain gear and go outside - the area attractions should be less crowded.
I agree with the above post...don't let a little rain stop you from getting out and seeing the sights. Anyone who ONLY RV's in fair weather doesn't use their RV much!
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ak_traveler
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10/14/09 12:16am |
RV Lifestyle
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RE: Peanut Butter Not Working
Well for those of you plagued with rodents (or any kind of pest really) there is one sure-fire cure for it. Just come to Alaska and leave your rig parked up here one winter... I guarantee that whatever your pest problem, cold storage of your RV at -50 will cure the problem!
We don't have any rats, mice, roaches, ants, or unwanted houseguests after that! LOL!
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ak_traveler
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10/14/09 12:12am |
General RVing Issues
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RE: weres everybody at?
Here in Alaska as the name implies. We call Fairbanks home, but come summer it's hard to find us here! :)
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ak_traveler
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10/14/09 12:02am |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Termination Dust
Well "Sir Frank" posted a webcam of Anchorage and they get a whole different weather than we do here in Fairbanks! And yes, the first coating of "dust" melted away up here too...as it normally does. But you can count on a second (and third, and fourth...) coat really soon!
Our weatherman has announced we should have sticking snow by the middle of next week. We'll see.
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ak_traveler
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09/30/09 05:29am |
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RE: Termination Dust
I've never added anything to either my gas vehicles or my diesel MCI, and I run ("ran" in the case of the MCI) year-round at temps into the minus 50s without even a single issue in 20+ years. The fuel that comes out of the pumps has everything needed.
You've been very lucky then. I've had problems with fuel here both gas and diesel and have had to add every year. Fortunately, none of my fuel problems left me stranded, but we did have one incident a few summers ago that almost did. Got hold of some bad diesel that had a lot of water in it apparently. Took several bottles of HEET and a new tank of fuel to correct the problem!
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ak_traveler
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09/29/09 03:33pm |
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RE: Taxes, State by State
This is why it's so difficult to compare state rates; so many states have rates that vary from one locality to another.
I know I won't get exact tax rates and percentages. First off as you said it is hard to get precise figures because each city, county, and state do things differently. Plus they change constantly. I was just trying to get an idea of what to look for in different areas of the country.
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ak_traveler
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09/28/09 10:06pm |
Around the Campfire
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RE: Water weight lowers rv by how much ?
The RV is a 2005 Four Winds Hurricane 32r. the height is OK with the a/c units, but the satellite dome makes it 2-3 inches too tall.
removing the satellite, or just the dome is my next option, i own the storage unit so i don't want to look elsewhere, and yes, letting air out might do it also.
If you own the storage unit, what are the chances of raising the unit - like putting it on concrete blocks? Just a thought...
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ak_traveler
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09/26/09 04:57am |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Why - curious more than anything
That's a perfect description of my folks! They have a pull trailer and a boat, both are retired, and yet each year they go out for one trip - always to Valdez, and always the same time of the year!
Me and my family are complete opposites - now that I am retired, we travel (without an RV for the moment because of unexpected financial troubles) whenever we can throughout the summer. DW doesn't like driving the highways in winter or we'd go more. But come spring we hit the road hard and fast! And we have a family policy to see someplace new, or that we haven't seen in awhile, each summer.
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ak_traveler
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09/26/09 04:53am |
General RVing Issues
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RE: What do you do in the winter with the batteries?
Well, living in THE northern state, we take our battery out of the unit and bring it inside, put it on a piece of 2x6 in the basement and it lives there over the cold months. We charge it up with a Battery Tender so it stays healthy, and that's about all we do for the battery.
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ak_traveler
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09/26/09 04:46am |
Beginning RVing
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Taxes, State by State
Hello All
I am trying to do some research on taxes in each state. What I want to know is what taxes each state levies on their people. Income, Property, Estate, Sales, Luxury, School, or other taxes.
Does anyone know a website that has this info or do I have to muddle through each states' web system (big hassle there!) I don't need to know the particulars like percentages or what county has what tax, necessarily, just a brief overview or comparison.
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ak_traveler
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09/26/09 04:42am |
Around the Campfire
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RE: Termination Dust
What is a little dust? This is our little Class C beside Kluane Lake in Yukon, in December 2001. :B
Hi Sue,
One of the places we hope to see sometime soon is Cottonwood RV Park, there by Klune Lake. I haven't been there myself but I've seen pics from others who have. And judging by what they say and what I've seen online myself, it's a nice place.
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ak_traveler
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09/25/09 12:02am |
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RE: Termination Dust
Understood. We "southerners" just don't have the true perspective. Must take quite a bit attention to diesel fuel problems as well. Formulation, additives, etc.? Think I'll pass on a winter visit then. OK?
Rick
Yes Rick we diesel drivers do have to "baby" our vehicles some through the winters up here. But then everyone has to be careful and cautious up here in the winter. Whether you drive a gas, diesel, or other, it's just dang hard on a vehicle that has been sitting for awhile to start and go. If it isn't the cold oil trying to circulate, it's the low power battery, or the fuel (which hopefully is a good grade!).
Diesel drivers need to put additives in their tanks to keep the diesel from gelling, but gas guzzlers need to put an additive called HEET in their tanks as well to absorb any water or condensation that may get into their tanks. The least little bit of water can wreak havoc with your fuel system.
And then everyone has to put something in front of their radiator to keep it from freezing as they drive. -50 temps with a 40 mph breeze blowing through will shut a radiator down pretty quick!
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ak_traveler
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09/24/09 05:12pm |
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RE: Termination Dust
I photographed TD on the mountain tops around Riley campground in Denali on Aug 19. That was a month ago.
Rick
Well Rick, the local weatherman just informed us tonight that Denali reported TWO FEET of snow last fell last night!
Here in Fairbanks, it has snowed and melted a couple times already...it's just "warming up" to snow (that sounds funny!), but it will be here to stay before the end of the month I think.
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ak_traveler
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09/24/09 03:49am |
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RE: Termination Dust
Hi Wes! So, 1st day of fall, and it begins to "fall", huh? They got some white stuff on the higher summits here last week - supposed to get a good frost around here this Friday. We're headed out for a few more days (locally), then to the coast of Maine to visit friends next week, but that will likely be it for us this season. Take care - and just think - no more shovelling out hydrants!!! 8^) ST
Actually 'rock, I wasn't in charge of shovelling out hydrants in my department - we had Civil Engineers to do that. But I won't have to play in the water at -50 below either! Fighting fires was fun at times but when the thermometer froze solid, it wasn't much fun at all!
People asked me how I fought fires in the deep cold of Alaska...I would just tell them I opened the door, waited for the fire to freeze solid, and carried it outside! LOL!
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ak_traveler
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09/24/09 03:46am |
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