Alaskan's Journal

[Alaskan]

Plowing done... work done...

And yes, I actually agreed to play for a front loader to come up... for the SECOND time this year.

A couple of the corners are getting tight.

And it is March... month of heavy snows.

 

[Alaskan]

She'll learn to love you same as we do Al

Ha!

Just can't imagine starting a delivery job in the winter... no idea where ditches are... which roads go where...

I told her she better go down to the pond to turn around... she was about to do a very long reverse...

She said,"what pond?"

Poor woman!

 

[Alaskan]

Fedex vans have tracks and skis up there?

They should! Or snow machines.

 

[Bruce]

Just can't imagine starting a delivery job in the winter... no idea where ditches are... which roads go where...

Good point! There is a spot on our road where you would THINK the road is a few feet wider in the winter than it really is. There is a nice 2' deep 3' wide ditch, the land rises noticeably on the other side. Get a couple of inches off the plowed part and you are definitely calling a tow truck and possibly facing fairly expensive repairs.

 

[Alaskan]

Good point! There is a spot on our road where you would THINK the road is a few feet wider in the winter than it really is. There is a nice 2' deep 3' wide ditch, the land rises noticeably on the other side. Get a couple of inches off the plowed part and you are definitely calling a tow truck and possibly facing fairly expensive repairs.

Yeah... my first winter up here I kept landing in the ditch...

All of the "shoulders" that were just snowed in ditches.

 

[CLSranch]

I had a friend almost die in Iowa i think from stepping into a nice flat dich to cut across while walking to the store. The nice & flat was 10' deep. He barely crawled out and made it back to the hotel and THEY almost killed him from throwing a comforter in the dryer then rubbing him down. It heated him up to fast. They were looking at multiple amputations until a specialist showed up let him keep all his digits.

 

[Alaskan]

I had a friend almost die in Iowa i think from stepping into a nice flat dich to cut across while walking to the store. The nice & flat was 10' deep. He barely crawled out and made it back to the hotel and THEY almost killed him from throwing a comforter in the dryer then rubbing him down. It heated him up to fast. They were looking at multiple amputations until a specialist showed up let him keep all his digits.

Oh good grief!



A good cell phone... saves lives up here.

 

[Alaskan]

Cold


Brrrrrr

 

[CLSranch]

62 here today. Yet still not the ideal climate for elephant ears.

 

[Alaskan]

Ah, the joys of March!

Snowing again.

I forgot to snap a photo.

Tired... we are way behind the rest of everyone else this year with our Easter/Pascha. So this week starts our Lent.