Post by frostbite on Nov 25, 2005 10:32:52 GMT -5
Greetings One and All: Frostbite here! I hail from the state of Pennsylvania, where I reside in the Hard Coal "Anthracite" mining area. My burden in life is that of a Automotive/Heavy truck Technician/Mechanic. I lead a mostly "Utilitarian" life style, and most of my friends refer to me as "McGuiver" My past year I was in south America in the Amazon jungle modifing and installing engines and other machinery for use in Gold mining/Dredging Machinery. I have been to your beautiful state of Alaska numerous times working on wilderness projects with the U.S. Forest Service, and with the National Parks Service. I have been in the Tongass NF, the Denali SP, Denali NP, Wrengal/Ellias NP to mention a few.
I first became interested with Alaska back in 1994 when I was going thru multiple by-pass surgery in Washington D.C. a friend had bought me the Readers Digest, in that book was the condensed book "Arctic daughter" by Jean Aspen. I must have read that condensed version over and over, then I finally had to go out and buy the book. In the interm I kept saying to myself "I can do that!".
Later on that year family medical problems changed plans, I had to relocate back to manage the family situation. So the dream of heading up north was put on the "Back Burner" for a bit. that is until recently. The dream is even more vibrant than ever.
I made a friend several years back, "Sam" (The Sleeping Lady) Sam was from Anchorage, well she was originally from New York state. (Ironic note here, I have been assigned a project this summer with the FLT in "Sams" home town Truxton, N.Y. In June 2006). She homesteaded down in the Kenai for 18 years. When the "wilderness" was slowly becomming populated, "The wilderness was the wilderness no more", so Sam packed up and moved to Anchorage. I met Sam thru the Internet, she had web site, and it is still maintained by her good friend.
d21c.com/Alyaska/SleepingLady.htmlwhile doing some reaearch for a U.S. Forest project that I was leader on. The project was on the Windfall Lake Trail north of Juneau. Well Sam couldn't help enough with information on what to expect, where to go, where to stay. She dearly loved Alaska. I sincerely believe it was in meeting Sam, that my dream was re-kindled.
So now here I am putting this (what I hope to be my last) endeavor in life together, and hopefully having it come to fruition. I have several years ago purchased a small plot of land north of Copper Center, about 20 acres. But now I see that this area is starting to become as Sam stated, no longer wilderness. So I am considering buying a small cabin in Tananacross. I like people in small doses. and the population there is within my social range.
I have extensive knowledge and experience in designing and building Alternate Eneregy systems, (Solar) (Wind) (Adiabatic Thermal building design). As I refer it! So I look forward to meeting the chalenges that Alaska will throw at me.
I hope I didn't bore you with the specifics, I honestly hope to in the spring of 2006 take my adventures northward and "live the dream".
Respectrully, Frostbite
I first became interested with Alaska back in 1994 when I was going thru multiple by-pass surgery in Washington D.C. a friend had bought me the Readers Digest, in that book was the condensed book "Arctic daughter" by Jean Aspen. I must have read that condensed version over and over, then I finally had to go out and buy the book. In the interm I kept saying to myself "I can do that!".
Later on that year family medical problems changed plans, I had to relocate back to manage the family situation. So the dream of heading up north was put on the "Back Burner" for a bit. that is until recently. The dream is even more vibrant than ever.
I made a friend several years back, "Sam" (The Sleeping Lady) Sam was from Anchorage, well she was originally from New York state. (Ironic note here, I have been assigned a project this summer with the FLT in "Sams" home town Truxton, N.Y. In June 2006). She homesteaded down in the Kenai for 18 years. When the "wilderness" was slowly becomming populated, "The wilderness was the wilderness no more", so Sam packed up and moved to Anchorage. I met Sam thru the Internet, she had web site, and it is still maintained by her good friend.
d21c.com/Alyaska/SleepingLady.htmlwhile doing some reaearch for a U.S. Forest project that I was leader on. The project was on the Windfall Lake Trail north of Juneau. Well Sam couldn't help enough with information on what to expect, where to go, where to stay. She dearly loved Alaska. I sincerely believe it was in meeting Sam, that my dream was re-kindled.
So now here I am putting this (what I hope to be my last) endeavor in life together, and hopefully having it come to fruition. I have several years ago purchased a small plot of land north of Copper Center, about 20 acres. But now I see that this area is starting to become as Sam stated, no longer wilderness. So I am considering buying a small cabin in Tananacross. I like people in small doses. and the population there is within my social range.
I have extensive knowledge and experience in designing and building Alternate Eneregy systems, (Solar) (Wind) (Adiabatic Thermal building design). As I refer it! So I look forward to meeting the chalenges that Alaska will throw at me.
I hope I didn't bore you with the specifics, I honestly hope to in the spring of 2006 take my adventures northward and "live the dream".
Respectrully, Frostbite