PA12, I thought you had retired and moved back home to Anchorage? Or are you doing one of the world's longest commutes to work? During the building of the "pipe", I met a couple of folks that worked, the two weeks on and two weeks off schedule. They neither had a residence in Alaska, but would get dropped off the oil company flight, in Anchorage, then catch a flight to Seattle and another one to Tulsa, where they spent the rest of their two weeks off with their families, in their own home, then fly back to Alaska for another two weeks of work. They said the cost of the round trip plane ticket was less than, what it would cost them to have an apartment in Anchorage, plus a car, etc.
Anyway back to the topic, we are scheduled to head back north next summer, as we alternate summers between western Colorado and Alaska. This past summer was spent in Colorado, Utah and Arizona so this up coming summer is for Alaska.
No set plans yet for when we will leave, or the route we will take. My wife is talking about retiring from wage working about June, so that will/could effect when we leave Florida. Also she gets tired of the trip up somewhat, so she is considering flying up to meet me sometimes during the summer and riding back. I probably should start conjuring a bit more, on the subject. Only takes us three or four days and we are on the road. No matter how long I plan, I can count on forgetting something I need and have to replace. Probably have one of the finer collections of camping axes of anyone, 6 or 8 I would guess, Last trip I remembered to take my axe, but forgot camera memory chips, always something it seems.
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joe b.
Stuart Florida
Formerly of Colorado and Alaska
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