27-06-2013, 09:53 | #61 |
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keep going
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27-06-2013, 14:20 | #62 |
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We drove back to Fairbanks and flew down to Anchorage and hired an RV and then drove to Talkeetna airstrip where we flew around Mt Mcinley the highest mountain in North America 20,000 ft
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27-06-2013, 14:24 | #63 |
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This was some Mountain and Glaciers
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27-06-2013, 14:27 | #64 |
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It's quite rare to see the summit as it's normally in the cloud
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27-06-2013, 22:32 | #65 |
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yes very interesting, and what's more later when I get a little vague about it I can come back to it and see it all again, important when your memory is beginning to get dim, I have all my old European truck cine and stills on a disc some place, all I need to do is remember where it is, the only good point is I know it is here somewhere, as long as I can find it before optical disks become old hat, SO YES PLEASE KEEP IT GOING, Rick
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Amazing and very moving story, thank you for sharing this with us..
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28-06-2013, 10:22 | #68 |
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nice read with my breakfast, thank you bri
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28-06-2013, 10:56 | #69 |
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Next day I drove the RV from MT McInley along the Glennalan Highway to Wasilla were Sarah Palin was governor.
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28-06-2013, 10:59 | #70 |
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That was a Musk Ox and they are not very big.
Then i spotted a Nissan X terra
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Onwards towards Tok passing Matnuska Glacier,this was the most beautiful scenery ever
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Came across this pickup in need of a weld or two and maybe a spot of filler
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28-06-2013, 11:20 | #73 |
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This straight must have gone for about 8mls and at the end of it was Mount Drum 16000 ft
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And sometimes you would be on tarmac doing 50mph and for no reason next thing you are driving on gravel at 30mph
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