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06-19-2007, 11:12 PM #1
Kodiak, Alaska
pretty much gnarly.
jad, I think I saw you asking me if I would ever get on one of those fishing boats, and I dont think I would. half of them dont fucking look seaworthy, and the sea can get ferocious. I think I would roughneck for oil in prudhoe bay at -60 before I would get on one of those boats far from land. I kinda like this place, its really small community, really laid back folks. Everyone already knows me as "the new phone guy" folks I havent even met yet come up and say hi and know my name.
its pretty damn cool.
some pics.
the entire town
Carolyn wrote her opinion of it, I like her style. She is going to run for office for something when we get nice and established.
No matter what you call it - "the rock", as the locals call it, "the Emerald Isle", as those who print brochures call it, or simply "Kodiak" as all of us that are new to the Island call it - you can not mistake the feeling that you are indeed separated from - well, pretty much the rest of the world. When preparing for our arrival we read that the island has a staggering 87 miles of roads. Upon driving "the" road, it occurs to me that a good portion of them must be tied up in the handful of streets that run criss-crossing through the small island town. In the spirit of adventure and searching for options for real estate we drove the road. We encountered bald eagles, mountains capped with a small bit of snow and clouds, calm shores, pines with the branches wrapped in green moss and suprisingly little housing. We visited a closed horse ranch near the 30 mile mark, where the road ends being paved. What there is in abundance, not suprisingly, is a large amount of junctions where the road ends being paved.
Apparently, this is a mecca for wildlife, but since arriving here, I have seen less wildlife (with the exception of eagles and sea gulls) than Anchorage. It seems like even the wildlife has left this area. In some ways it reminds me of the horror movies which have become popular as of late, in which the population has been eradicated and you're left with the erie sense of calm and tranquility. Surely peaceful... but it can be erie, especially when you realize you will need to adjust to it being the "norm". In retrospect, this is one of the largest changes one can make, from just months ago being in Austin, sitting on the roof, listening to the Rolling Stones playing in Zilker park to arriving here to the Island where its possible to run into the same person at one of the local sea plane businesses that you just passed on the road with a flat tire the day before. I guess that didnt win us any points. Mental note, everyone here is someone you will know. Don't pass people broken down on the road, they are going to be the person you want to buy a house from, buy "fresh" fish from, gives you your physical or will be the best man at your wedding. It's a town of de ja vu. And right now, it's hard to imagine that feeling ever completely abating. Oh, I almost forgot. Did I mention there are a lot of boats here?
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06-19-2007, 11:14 PM #2
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beautiful...
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06-19-2007, 11:24 PM #3
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06-20-2007, 03:19 AM #4
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Of all the places I lived (I grew up a service brat) Alaska is the one place I've always wanted to return to. I'll take being in the mountains over being on a beach any day.
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06-20-2007, 03:22 AM #5
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Modulistic,
Beautiful area. I can see why with 87 whole miles of road a truck makes much more sense than a 'vette.
Yeah, that Deadliest Catch series makes me wonder who would take those risks, regardless of the money. Not me. I like solid ground underneath me too much. Sounds like a nice place where you are though. I'm glad you're doing well....seriously.
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06-20-2007, 04:18 AM #6
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nice mods!!! how do oyu like it so far?
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06-20-2007, 05:29 AM #7
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06-20-2007, 05:56 AM #8
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06-20-2007, 05:57 AM #9
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06-20-2007, 05:58 AM #10
i saw on the weather this morning 22 hours of sunlight in alaska today, sounds like a good opportunity for a 24 hour drunk fest!
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06-20-2007, 06:01 AM #11
You will have to get some pics of the "Northern Lights'....
Also you never said if your G/F moved up there with you?
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06-20-2007, 09:38 AM #12
You moved to Alaska? That may just be the coolest thing I've heard in years. I'd love to live in a town like that for a few years.
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06-20-2007, 10:14 AM #13
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06-20-2007, 10:16 AM #14
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06-20-2007, 10:21 AM #15
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I never got any photos. It's not something you forget when you see it.
Besides the fact that you feel like your tripping on acid when you see them they only typically come out at winter around 3 in the morning when there are no clouds in the sky and it's so cold it hurts to breathe. What amazed me was how fast they move. I thought the colors mostly stayed put and floated around....wrong. The colors flash across the sky real fast. Big streaks of green and whatever colors flashing around everywhere like you're getting nuked.
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06-20-2007, 10:41 AM #16
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06-20-2007, 06:32 PM #17
Congrats.
Those typically come out in november.
I would always recomend a north slope job over a fishing boat any day. Two weeks on and two off. With close to six figures a year.Last edited by Frozen WS6; 06-20-2007 at 06:37 PM.
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06-21-2007, 06:48 AM #18
What is a north slope job?
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06-21-2007, 02:59 PM #19
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06-21-2007, 06:56 PM #20
Other then the extreme cold it's a pretty good job. My uncle has been working for BP for 10 years now. He goes up for 2 weeks and then has two weeks off. Which is nice because when he's off, it gives him alot of time to spend with his family. Sometimes he spends it up at our family cabin snowmobiling, or 4 wheeling, or building cars. It's nice to make almost 6 figures a year.
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