Author Archives: Jim@HiTek

On the road again…

Well, I finally left Fairbanks and am back on the road. It was a hassle being at the new Ice Alaska site with only electric, no water, sewer or WiFi. I had to run down to my favorite bar 2-3 … Continue reading

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I am still here in Fairbanks…

but I don’t have a regular DSL connection now so my posts will be delayed. I’m planning on getting back on the road at the end of August or mid-Sept. Plan is to head on down stateside and hang around, … Continue reading

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Getting ready to travel…

Moved back into my RV two or three weeks ago as it had warmed up sufficiently to make it comfortable. I was able to park it in my regular spot over the winter and then stayed in one of the … Continue reading

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Moose is Loose…

A couple weeks ago a moose was wandering around the park munching on new buds on the low trees. These animals are huge! The one that’s hanging around this year looks like a two year old that was hanging around … Continue reading

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And now, I present: Ice!!

The BP World Ice Carving event has come and gone and it’s time for me to post some pictures of the ice carvings. It was quite the event with 10’s of thousands of visitors this year but since it’s likely … Continue reading

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More from Ice Park…

It’s a nice sunny day…so I thought I’d get some pictures of what’s right outside the building. But first, some other stuff. The gal in this picture is a heavy equipment operator here during the Ice Carving event every year. … Continue reading

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Hanging around the Ice Park…

Here’s a few pictures of the ice park in January 2011. We do get sunshine but you can see from the snow not every day. We were given a bunch of used but newer to us Dell computers around this … Continue reading

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Rush to Fairbanks…

After Whitehorse, the roads turned really nice. Light traffic and most of the frost heaves I had to contend with in ’07 were fixed. The big construction project was almost done so it didn’t take anytime at all to get … Continue reading

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The end of the trip through Canada…

Finally, I’m approaching Whitehorse. It’s May 20th, 2010 in this travel saga, and I spend the day not thinking about much of anything. Didn’t bother to get around to taking any pictures since I was getting road weary. I get … Continue reading

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And miles to go…

Sorry for the long lead times between posts. No excuse. Just ‘Sorry’. I have several days of nothing important to do so I’ll try to hurry things along. In real time, it’s now a couple days before the holidays in … Continue reading

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