Couple more fire pictures

I have 2 more fire pictures.

This is as close as I would want a fire to my place. That family had no insurance and lost everything they own. Very sad.

To close for comfort

It's  about 1:30 am and there is a cabin behind me on the other side of the trees about 300 ft. Fully engulfed. The flames are pretty high. I don't think I will get any sleep tonight.  I'm ok so far and the fire crew are doing a hell of a job. I will keep you posted.

Mo snow

Well, we got hit with more snow, it snowed for 4 days and just kept piling up and I kept clearing it. Today, I woke up to 24 degrees and the sun is out shining bright. This makes me happy. This morning I made an outstanding breakfast. It's fried potatoes, Caribou sausage and eggs. It was delicious.

After coffee, I went outside to see how much work is to be done and this is what I have to do.

                                                                 This is crazy

                            I will have to take care of this before it pushes my tent shop over, lol

I wanted to capture the snow

Big icicles

This is my snowmachine trailer

I will have to get it cleared because, I am planning to make a trip to the cabin either this week or on the weekend. I'm tired of hanging out here. I forgot, this was Mondays breakfast.

I found these Cheesesteak sandwiches in the freezer section of Costco's. They aren't that bad. Put them in the microwave for 2 minutes or the oven {which is better}. They come 12 to a pack.

The days are getting longer and I am getting closer to taking my friend out to the cabin to add the addition onto the cabin. I'm actually getting excited about it and I will have a lot better info and pictures to post. Take care

Back in time

Hi everyone, sorry for taking so long to post again, I am really trying to get with the program. I have been spending a lot of time looking at photos back in the days. The more I see them, the more I miss those days. I want to share a little bit with all of you today. I will start by showing you pictures of some more firewood I got. There are 2 rows.

The difference between this woodstove and the previous one is, this one is much bigger and I can put more and bigger pieces in and I don't have to get up in the middle of the night. Also, it has a water jacket for hot water and a warming shelf on opposite side.

Winter is here again, snowed all day yesterday 

I just bought that orange snowblower for a hundred bucks but, it has chains on the wheels and I have to take them off, The wheels slip with them on.

Because the snow was a wet one, I let it build up on the woodshed I moved last Summer and I neglected to remove the snow, OOPS!

I'm getting back to cooking again, made some red beans and rice.

What kind of meat is in there you ask? Good ole Alaska standby on every real Alaskans shelf

Yep, good ole SPAM

Breakfast this morning

Dinner tonight

Ok, here is what you have been waiting for. Quite a few years ago a best part of my life was living out in the Bush and doing it in a wall tent. Yep, you heard it right, a wall tent. The antenna on top was  for my VHF marine radio, that's how I communicated with other people, this was before cell phones. On the front to the left is a 55 gal. drum that held fuel oil for my drip stove.

My drip stove that sat to the left as you come in the door.

Past the stove is a couch I got for free and it was very comfortable.

The table you see on the back wall was an empty refrigerator box that I got.

This was my cot I slept on

I don't have a photo but, in the right hand corner as you come in, I had a table I made from plywood.

Tomorrow, I will post something about my feelings living remote amd much simpler lifestyle and I think you will be entertained a little bit more. 

TAKE CARE

Hello 2019 and Friends

I'm back and ready to blog again.It has been a rough road but, I finally hit smooth road. I've had a lot of things going on and it took me quite awhile to come to terms with them. At the moment, I am just sitting back, taking it easy and doing some heavy thinking about changes that I am going to make. I don't plan on relocating to Upstate, N.Y. where my sister lives. It's not for me. But, I am planning on a change here in Alaska. I plan on traveling out to my remote cabin soon, I hope. We have had very warm weather which made traveling impossible Now we are getting subzero temps too freeze the rivers and marsh.

                                        We had a very nice Fall, the kind I like, sunny.

Then, I finally got my front yard filled in and makes a great difference

This operator whose name is also John, did a fantastic job

Not one big rock showing

Then, Winter finally hit

One of my buried snowmachines

                               I am stocked up on firewood for now and will get more later

                                        Surprised I can still bend over at my age, LOL

                                                           Dinner from last night

                                                                   Foggy morning

Breakfast

I think I will end it here for now so I will have more to say in my next post. I hope everyone had a great New Years and survived, lol. Today, I am just hanging out and staying warm. It's 3:07 pm and -16 degrees. Take care