FRANTIC FOLLIES

I WANTED TO GO TO ONE OF THESE VAUDEVILLE SHOWS.  SO ROBERT AND I GOT TICKETS TO THE "FRANTIC FOLLIES".  IT HAS BEEN PLAYING FOR 42 YEARS.  ONE OF THESE GUYS HAS BEEN WITH IT FOR 23 YEARS.  HERE ARE JUST A FEW OF THE MANY PICS I TOOK. 

THEY DID A LOT OF ROBERT STEVENS POETRY.  IT WAS EXTREMELY ENTERTAINING.

WE ARE LEAVING EARLY TOMORROW MORNING AND HEADING TO WATSON LAKE AND LAIRD HOT SPRINGS  IT'S ABOUT ANOTHER 400 MILES.  TALK TO  YOU WHEN I CAN.

NEXT WE WENT OVER TO THE "BERINGIA INTERPRETIVE CENTER".  BERINGIA WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A LAND MASS THAT ONCE LINKED WHAT IS NOW RUSSIA AND ALASKA.  THEY TALKED ABOUT HOW THE MINERS FOUND ALL THESE MAMMOTH AND PREHISTORIC ANIMAL BONES.

 

FLAT HEADED SLOTH....THE ONE ON THE RIGHT!!!

SABERTOOTH TIGER SKULL

BAD HIGHWAY

ONCE AGAIN WE HAD TO GO OVER THE HORRIBLE HIGHWAY OUT OF ALASKA.  ROBERT DROVE 400 MILES.  THE ROAD WAS SO BAD WITH FROST HEAVES HE HAD TO DRIVE ALL OVER THE ROAD JUST TO MISS THE HOLES AND BUMPS.  JEFF AND S CROW FOLLOWED.

THE ROAD WAS SO BAD AT ONE POINT THAT THE MOTOR HOME CAUGHT AIR UNDER ALL 4 TIRES......SO DID MY ASS!  ON TOP OF THAT "WE"  DECIDED THAT I SHOULD COOK SPEGHETTI WHILE GOING DOWN THE ROAD.  THAT WAS INTERESTING.  AT ONE INSTANCE I WAS HOLDING THE POT OF BOILING WATER FROM BOUNCING OFF THE STOVE WITH ONE HAND AND BUTTERING THE HOT FRENCH BREAD WITH THE OTHER.  I NEED COMBAT PAY FOR THIS.  THEN WE CAME UPON THIS HERD OF ELK.

WE ARRIVED IN WHITEHORSE YUKON AROUND 10PM.  WE ALL NEEDED TO DO LAUNDRY AND I WANTED DO SOME TOURISTY STUFF SO WE DECIDED TO STAY ONE MORE NIGHT.  ROBERT AND I WENT TO THE TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM.

 

THESE ARE JUST A FEW OF THE MACHINESTHAT HELPED SHAPE THIS COUNTRY.

CRAZINESS

ALRIGHT I HAVE BEEN BLOGGING FOR 5 HOURS.  I FORGOT TO TELL YOU ABOUT THE COOLEST THING.  WHEN WE WERE IN FAIRBANKS ROBERT AND DARRELL WERE TALKING.  THEY FOUND OUT THAT THEY HAD BOTH GROWN UP IN A TOWN IN OREGON CALLED PONDOSA.  NOW THIS LITTLE TOWN BURNED DOWN IN THE EARLY 60'S.  THEIR FATHERS BOTH WORKED IN THE SAME MILL IN THE TOWN AND THEY BOTH HAVE ANCESTORS WITH THE NAME PARKER.  WE WILL RESEARCH MORE WHEN WE GET HOME.    THEY MAY BE RELATED.

GOODBYE ALASKA

I AM EXHAUSTED. I HAVE FINALLY CAUGHT UP WITH MY BLOG AND IT IS ALMOST 1 AM.  TOMORROW  WE WILL BE LEAVING ALASKA AND ENTERING THE YUKON .  I DON'T KNOW IF  OR WHEN WE WILL HAVE INTERNET AGAIN SO SIONARA FOR NOW.  WE WILL BE MEETING UP WITH JEFF,  A NEIGHBOR OF GERRY'S.  AND HE WILL BE TRAVELING WITH US FOR A WHILE.

INSIDE MOUNTS

SOME INSIDE PICTURES

KNOTTY STORE

THIS IS KIND OF COOL.  THEY  MADE THESE ANIMALS OUT OF WOOD KNOTS.

ALASKA STATE BIRD

ON THE ROAD

WE FINALLY HAVE INTERNET .  WE ARE IN TOK, ALASKA.  I HAVE BEEN TRYING  TO CATCH UP ON MY BLOG.  4 HOURS LATER WE ARE HERE.  WE STOPPED BY A COUPLE OF FUN SPOTS ON THE WAY.  NORTH POLE, ALASKA.

WORLDS LARGEST SANTA 40 FEET.

FAIRBANKS

SO WE GET TO FAIRBANKS.  I HAVE AN OLD FRIEND HERE DARRELL ENSMINGER.  HE USED TO LIVE IN KLAMATH FALLS.  I TALK TO HIM EVERY FEW YEARS.  HAVEN'T SEEN HIM IN ABOUT 7 YEARS.

THIS IS CAROL LOCK AND HER SON GREG FROM TEXAS.  THEY OWN A TAXIDERMY AND GAME PROCESSING COMPANY.  WOW!!!  SHE IS A FEISTY TEXAN.  ADORABLE AND OUT SPOKEN.  LOVED HER.  THE NEXT NIGHT I COOKED HALIBUT, MADE CEVECHI AND COOKED CLAMS.  CAROLS HUSBAND GREG JOINED US

 

I CALL HIM UP AND HE COMES OVER.  OLD HOME WEEK.  WE TALK AND TALK AND TALK.  THE NEIGHBORS COME OVER  AND WE HAVE A FEW DRINKS.

OKAY SOMETHING SCREWED UP. IT'S A FLIPPING COMPUTER WHAT CAN I SAY.  AT LEAST I HAVE SERVICE .....EVEN IF I DID HAVE TO PAY $7 DOLLARS A DAY TO LOG ON.

ANYWAY DARRELL DROVE US ALL AROUND FAIRBANKS.  TOOK US TO A COUPLE OF GOLD MINES.  HE WORKS AT ONE OF THE BIGGEST IN ALASKA CALLED FORT KNOX.  WE WENT TO A FEW COOL BARS ONE WAS THE HOWLING DOG SALOON.  GOT TEE SHIRTS FROM THERE.  WE AT  DINNER AT THE TURTLE BAR.  AS WE WERE ARRIVING 2 TOUR BUSES OF 60 ASIAN ARRIVED.  OH @#$% WE THOUGHT WE WOULD NEVER GET SERVED.  WRONG!!!!!!!!!!!! THEY HAD A GREAT SALAD BAR.  WE ALL ORDERED PRIME RIB.  WE HAD ESCARGOT AND COCONUT SHRIMP FOR APPETISER.  I HAD TO CANCEL MY DINNER.  I WAS FULL AFTER THE SALAD AND THE APPETISER.  

SKINNY DICK'S

WE WERE TOLD WE HAD TO STOP AT SKINNY DICK'S.  AND WE DID.  IT IS CALLED SKINNY DICK'S HALFWAY INN.

JUST A FEW SIGNS AT THE ENTRANCE

THIS IS A FULL MOUNT OF A WORLD RECORD POLAR BEAR INSIDE THE GIFT SHOP.

THAT'S A GRIZZLY BEHIND HIM.

ON THE ROAD

THE NEXT DAY MOM LEAVES AND LATER IN THE MORNING WE HEAD FOR FAIRBANKS.  ON THE WAY WE STOP IN DENALI NATIONAL PARK AND PICK WILD BLUEBERRIES.  WE SPEND THE NIGHT AT TATLINKA CAMPGROUND.  THEY HAVE A FABULOUS GARDEN.  AND GREAT GIFT SHOP WITH OVER 60 MOUNTS.

THEIR YARD IS LITTERED WITH  ANTIQUES.  THIS IS A MINI DOZER ABOUT 3 FT WIDE.

OLD SNOW MOBILE

THIS PICKUP WAS TRANSFORMED INTO A SNOW MACHINE.

LAST DAY AT DEEP CREEK

OKAY. TOMORROW IS REALLY THE LAST DAY AT DEEP CREEK.  ROBERT FOLDED BOB'S LAUNDRY AND IN THE LAUNDRY ROOM HE FOUND A PAIR OF PINJ PANTYS.  ROBERT , KATIE AND I DECIDED TO PLAY A JOKE ON HIM.. I WROTE " THANKS DIRTY OLD MAN GOTCHA. LOVE AND KISSES KITTY MAY".  AND KATIE AND ROBERT SIGNED IT.  WE SPRAYED PERFUME ON IT AND STUCK THEM IN HIS POCKET.  I WOULD LOVE TO SEE HIS FACE WHEN HE PUTS ON THAT SHIRT.

THE MORNING WE LEFT ROBERT GOT TO GO FISHING ONE MORE TIME.. HE CAUGHT AN 82 POUND HALIBUT AND A 42 POUND HALIBUT.  GOOD FISHING.  WOW!  NOW THE FREEZER REALLY IS FULL.  AFTER WE PROCESS THE FISH WE HEAD BACK TO GERRY'S.  ON THE WAY A LADY IS STANDING IN THE ROAD SO ROBERT PULLS OVER TO SEE IF HE COULD HELP.  SHE WAS OUT OF GAS.  SHE SAID SHE WAS HEADED FOR NINILCHIK WITH A DISABLED VET AND SHE DIDN'T HAVE ANY MONEY BUT HE HAD MONEY WAITING FOR HIM IN NINILCHIK.  ALL WE HAD WAS A GALLON OF GAS.  THAT'S NOT GOING TO GET HER THERE BUT IT WILL AT LEAST GET HER TO A GAS STATION.

FUR COAT

OKAY IT'S OFFICIAL!!!! I AM A SPOILED LITTLE BITCH.  WE WENT INTO THIS LITTLE FISHING VILLAGE CALLED NINILCHIK VILLAGE.  ROBERT BOUGHT ME THIS GORGEOUS  MINK AND FOX COAT.  IT FITS LIKE IT WAS MADE FOR ME.

MOM AND JORDAN WENT BACK WITH GERRY AND DOUG.  WE WENT DOWN TO THE BEACH AND TO FLY K.K. "KILLER KITE"  SHE IS 78 INCHES TALL.  WE DECIDED TO LAUNCH HER WITH A FISHING POLE WITH 120 POUND BRAIDED LINE.  WE PUT HER UP ABOUT 300 FEET IN THE AIR.  THAT WAS A HUGE MISTAKE.  IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO REEL IT BACK IN.  ROBERT HAD TO WALK IT BACK DOWN HAD OVER HAND TIL IT CRASHED.