i made it to alaska

[Intercooled]

Thats Damn awsome! Enjoy your life! Post more pics when you can.

[Rred]

The dive was awesome! I had to fix a couple chips on the passengers side of the windshield. Insurance took care of it. I'm just glade I could get it fixed before things start freezing up. I'm stationed at Fort Richardson right here by Anchorage. It's absolutely beautiful here. I missed the fishing season. But I'm still searching for rainbows in the rivers. Anybody up here? I picked up a used set of Toyo M/Ts for dirt cheap coming up through Colorado and now that I'm settled in, I'm having them mounted tomorrow. So be expecting some new pics of the truck. I haven't gotten out in the woods yet with my truck. The mud is extremely think and deep up here, so I'm kinda looking for a battle buddy I can pull out. Haha! My 3 was awesome on the drive. Especially with the nasty roads. They AK highway got pretty wicked between whitehorse and the Ak border. I swear the trailer was holding on for dear life. Those are some big halibut! Can't wait for next sumer. There is a place here on post that I can rent a ocean going boat for dirt cheap. They have everything I could possible need for anything up here. I just need my pops to ship up my pee shooters. It's erie walking up these rivers knowing that the bears are feeding aggressively this time of year, as they get ready to go into hibernation.

Well, if anybody makes it up to Anchorage, hit me up! I'm always down for whatever, or I could atleast square you away with what you need. Or if anyone is up here already, hit me!

[Rred]

I took this when I woke up this morning. This is the view out of my window here on post. Gotta love this place!

[Metallic Red]

That's it rub it in..

By the way Great Pix, keep them coming!!

[Rred]

Well, I just got back from having my tires put on and a new alignment. Just makes me love my truk that much more. I think the next thing I'm gonna do it a couple nice lights mounted on the brush gaurd. I'd really like to have a couple polive type lights mounted on the windsheild. I've always thought that would be awesome and functional. After that maybe a snorkel. They're just so damn expensive. Here's a couple pics of a salmon I pulled out of campbell creek yesterday. I didn't think they were still in the streams. But I saw a pair of them. Shamefully I foul hooked him. he went to hit the lure and missed, so the current pushed the lure into is pectoral fin and hooked him pretty good. broke my hook getting it out. I probably could hooked up legally with another cast. Enjoy! And there will be many many more pics of the 3, me, and alaska to come.

[Rred]

one more of the fish before i caught the larger one.

[HummerJim]

Rred,
I just love your pictures of Alaska. I was stationed at Elmendorf AFB in the 60s. The Great Alaska Earthquake of '64 was still fresh in everyone's mind and we had weekly tremors. I drove an Air Force Jeep on base and that started my lifelong love affair with 4 x 4s. How I wish I would have had something like a Hummer in those days.
I LOVED the summers there and we would all get in a float plane and head to King Salmon when the salmon were running and the fish were so thick the water looked like it was boiling. You had to compete with the bears too, but if you stayed away from the falls you were OK. Field and Stream once had an article about King Salmon being the best place to fish in the world. The Dalton hadn't been built yet and the only way to cross the Yukon north of Fairbanks was by ferry in the summer. You're going to love it there - keep those pictures coming.