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#245318 - 03/01/2005 01:53 Why I like Alaska
tanstaafl.
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Registered: 08/07/1999
Posts: 5549
Loc: Ajijic, Mexico
In case anybody wonders what would posess someone to live in the "Frozen North", this might give an idea.

This photo was taken about 45 miles north of Anchorage, heading south into the town of Wasilla, a few days after Christmas.

What makes the picture extraordinary is that this kind of beauty is quite common everywhere you look in Alaska. I could have taken literally hundreds of pictures that day every bit as compelling as this one. Chances are most of the folks you see driving towards town didn't even bother looking at it.

tanstaafl.

(edited to add photo)



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#245319 - 03/01/2005 02:07 Re: Why I like Alaska [Re: tanstaafl.]
mcomb
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Registered: 31/08/1999
Posts: 1649
Loc: San Carlos, CA
Absolutely beautiful Of course I already understood why people would want to live up there. I don't think I could deal with the cold myself, but Alaska is definitely near the top of my places to visit someday list.

-Mike
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#245320 - 03/01/2005 06:09 Re: Why I like Alaska [Re: mcomb]
webroach
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Registered: 23/07/2003
Posts: 869
Loc: Colorado
Quote:
I don't think I could deal with the cold myself...


Having grown up in Upstate NY, I wouldn't mind the cold. In fact, I'm having trouble thinking of something not to like about Alaska. Shorter flights to Japan. Shorter flights to Russia. Great fishing.

Snowmobiling.

Mmmmm..... snowmobiling.
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#245321 - 03/01/2005 12:01 Re: Why I like Alaska [Re: webroach]
mlord
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Registered: 29/08/2000
Posts: 14496
Loc: Canada
Dark.. very dark that far up.

Cheers

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#245322 - 03/01/2005 12:04 Re: Why I like Alaska [Re: mlord]
SonicSnoop
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Registered: 29/06/2002
Posts: 531
Loc: Triangle, VA
Now I could deal with the dark, but that cold is the deal breaker for me. Its bad enough driving my 72 beetle in virginia without heat. though that is a very nice picture. it is someplace i would like to visit.
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#245323 - 03/01/2005 14:16 Re: Why I like Alaska [Re: webroach]
altman
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Registered: 19/05/1999
Posts: 3457
Loc: Palo Alto, CA
I can't see the chairlifts in that shot though. They *are* there, right?

Hugo

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#245324 - 03/01/2005 14:43 Re: Why I like Alaska [Re: altman]
Ezekiel
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Registered: 25/08/2000
Posts: 2413
Loc: NH USA
They've got those twin-jet six seater chairlifts up there, I believe...

-Zeke
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#245325 - 03/01/2005 15:10 Re: Why I like Alaska [Re: tanstaafl.]
peter
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Registered: 13/07/2000
Posts: 4180
Loc: Cambridge, England
Quote:
In case anybody wonders what would posess someone to live in the "Frozen North", this might give an idea.

I feel much the same about the "Frozen North", although in my case that only means Cheshire...



Peter


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#245326 - 03/01/2005 15:28 Re: Why I like Alaska [Re: peter]
altman
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Registered: 19/05/1999
Posts: 3457
Loc: Palo Alto, CA
Frozen South?



(Last year's snow snap at the end of January and what it did to my garden)


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#245327 - 03/01/2005 15:34 Re: Why I like Alaska [Re: altman]
altman
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Registered: 19/05/1999
Posts: 3457
Loc: Palo Alto, CA
So, Drakino, what *was* I doing wrong with the UBB image tags? I couldn't work it out (duh, etc)....

Hugo

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#245328 - 03/01/2005 15:38 Re: Why I like Alaska [Re: altman]
tfabris
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Registered: 20/12/1999
Posts: 31600
Loc: Seattle, WA
Probably you were inserting the link to the download PHP code, such as....

http://empegbbs.com/ubbthreads/download.php?Number=244608

As opposed to inserting the full URL of the image file itself, such as...

http://empegbbs.com/files/244608-101_0112_r1.JPG

When one of the board upgrades happened, the "direct" link to the image no longer appears under the "Attachment" link, it's that PHP code now. So you have to actually open that PHP code page in a new window and THEN get the image link from that. It's an extra step now.
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#245329 - 03/01/2005 15:47 Re: Why I like Alaska [Re: tfabris]
altman
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Registered: 19/05/1999
Posts: 3457
Loc: Palo Alto, CA
Ah. Probably that then, I just right-clicked the "attachment" link in my post and did "copy shortcut". I didn't actually *read* any of the text

Hugo

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#245330 - 03/01/2005 18:42 Re: Why I like Alaska [Re: altman]
peter
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Registered: 13/07/2000
Posts: 4180
Loc: Cambridge, England
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Frozen South?

Ten out of ten for snowy, Hugo, but minus several million for hilly.

Peter

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#245331 - 03/01/2005 19:07 Re: Why I like Alaska [Re: mlord]
webroach
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Registered: 23/07/2003
Posts: 869
Loc: Colorado
Quote:
Dark.. very dark that far up.

Cheers


Actually, I think I'd be ok with the dark. I'm a night owl as it is, not a big fan of the sun.
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#245332 - 03/01/2005 19:26 Re: Why I like Alaska [Re: tanstaafl.]
DLF
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Registered: 24/07/2003
Posts: 500
Loc: Colorado, N.A.
Looks like drakino's drive home from work to me....
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#245333 - 04/01/2005 13:31 Re: Why I like Alaska [Re: tanstaafl.]
Tim
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Registered: 25/04/2000
Posts: 1529
Loc: Arizona
I lived in Anchorage for three years, and find myself missing it occasionally. It is gorgeous up there, and believe everybody should at least visit there. Several of the guys I work with use to live in Fairbanks (they lose, Anchorage was a lot warmer ) and we are trying to plan a week long camping/fishing trip back up there (in the middle of summer - way to cold up there in the winter for us now ).

- Tim

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#245334 - 06/01/2005 18:53 Re: Why I like Alaska [Re: altman]
kayakjazz
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Registered: 10/09/2004
Posts: 127
Loc: Bay Area, CA/Anchorage, AK
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I can't see the chairlifts in that shot though. They *are* there, right?


Not just there--as Doug notes, those are just a few of the common, garden-variety mountains in southcentral Alaska...a few miles up and down the road, though, in either direction....world-class skiing at Aleyaska, and glacier skiing by helicopter is possible even in summer as an adjunct to the fishing trip.... I should post my panoramic shot from the grocery store parking lot.

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