talkeetnamalispinaloop: TOURISTS~PHONE/INTERNET

Saturday, July 21, 2007

TOURISTS~PHONE/INTERNET

July 19 ~ Thursday ~ sunny.
So...today we are visited by Kim, Chris, Gray Jays, woodpeckers and the dogs: Whitie and Blue-eyed Buddy (Kim’s) and Samantha (Mark’s)...and while pocket-mailing (FINALLY came in!) I listen to Sandhill Cranes by the swimming hole. Also, talked to Debbie, the first person I contacted after buying this land and the coordinator of the Moose Dropping festival. She told me there were 4000 tourists...NOT COUNTING cruise line and RR...in town on Saturday AND she had heard between 6000-8000 from cruise line buses and RR on a regular basis every day! I’m not sure just where the little shops and stores have their inventory, but they’d have to have items trucked in every day it seems. I could sit downtown Talkeetna and people watch all day!
MTA (telephone company) has equipment...for the cost of a land-line... that people can have on their property for phone and internet access, signals coming off the two cell towers within range. An idea for the future possibly...
Jack called David and we will be going to Hick’s Creek Tuesday thru Thursday next week to pick up a used culvert for our outhouse...and to watch Lindsay and Tera compete in the high school finals rodeo in Illinois being televised on RFD-TV.

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Talkeetna purchase

We bought land about 15 miles SW of Talkeetna, Alaska...on e-bay...sight unseen! in 2006. I probably wouldn't recommend doing that for everyone, but we were blessed it was legal...and now have good neighbors in the north, too. In fact, one of our neighbors built a 250 foot road with a turn-around into our place and we could stay on our land part of the summer. Of course, then there was the flood with the washing out of the only good road leading to Malispina Loop, so had to wait to start back to MT for a few days until that was repaired and we could retrieve our cargo trailer, since we had left it on our land while down on the Kenai.

Welcome to the travels of John and Chrysa

We leave on June 6th so are in the process of thinking about getting ready. Actually, I've had stacks here and there all winter, but don't know if that'll save me time or not. I have washed and waxed the fronts of the camper (slide-in with tip-out) and under the overhead so all the bugs we hit can have a spot now. It was fairly crowded before starting...but I always use 'Black streak remover'~ if you haven't tried it, do...it's awesome! I'm going to give getting pictures on here a whirl in the near future...just hoping it's nearer (didn't have problems) than farther (had problems) away.