Author Archives: Jim@HiTek

I’m just about a month late with these pictures but you know how these things go, don’tcha? When I came into my favorite bar about four nights before Halloween someone did mention that there was going to be a costume … Continue reading →

It’s around -20°F outside today so I decided to stay in. Lately, that has been our overnight low. Now it’s become our daytime high. Brrrr. But the time at the computer today helped get some things done. Let’s backtrack a … Continue reading →

It’s 10°F outside…so it’s time to show you some pictures of our summer here in Fairbanks.  Every summer there is a raft race down the Chena river through downtown or that starts downtown. Around July 20th. The rules as I … Continue reading →

It was an exciting night…hanging out in the Big I watching the election returns in what turned out to be the most exciting election in the last 45 years. I confess that I teared up as the projection that Obama … Continue reading →

I’m all moved back into the cabin, same one I lived in last winter. The people that had been here this passed summer never paid the rent and did some minor damage but everything is pretty much back in order … Continue reading →

The first morning Jackie was here, we wandered over to Pioneer Park, which is around 600 yards from the campground, walking distance. The paddle wheel is pretty cool, they built the canal, flooded it, floated the boat here, blocked the … Continue reading →

A painting or a photo, can’t remember… The big day arrived and my friend Jackie flew into town, arriving at 1:30 AM. I get to the airport at 1:40 AM to pick her up and she’s a little loopy. She’s … Continue reading →

I went down to the Big I last night and sat at the bar in back with the new, cute, blond, nice rack, bartender. She doesn’t mind talking to me so we spent a couple-three hours getting to know each … Continue reading →

The weather was kinda coolish with threatened rain, but I sucked it up and headed up to the fairgrounds here in Fairbanks to visit the local farm fair. As I walked up to the ticket booth, I decided to swallow … Continue reading →