Sitka Barge
by Dennis Eugene 
, Prince of Wales Island Alaska, Monday, April 22, 2013, 23:01 (4236 days ago)
Shot this little video while working in Sitka alaska a couple weeks ago. Dennis http://youtu.be/VcFNk0uxy3M
Neat!
by Hobie 
, Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, Tuesday, April 23, 2013, 07:59 (4236 days ago) @ Dennis Eugene
Moving stuff requires some skill, particularly to do so quickly AND safely.
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Sitka Barge
Nice video. I was surprised there was no snow lying around and the weather looked warm. How could that be ??
Only looks warm
by CJM , Tuesday, April 23, 2013, 23:33 (4235 days ago) @ Bud
It's probably in the 40's with a 10-15 mph wind that feels much colder. The Alaskan pacific coast islands never get warm, there's too much 35 degree seawater around. But they never get that cold either because there's too much 35 degree seawater around. And people do adjust to those temps - when I visited my brother and his family I had to wear a light coat to feel comfortable outside, my niece and nephews were in T-shirts and shorts. This was in June and temperatures were pretty much upper 50's and lower 60's.
The life line to Alaska...without barges , alaska would be
by Rob Leahy , Prescott, Arizona, Tuesday, April 23, 2013, 10:34 (4236 days ago) @ Dennis Eugene
all but impossible to live in. it's amazing that these heavy barges cross some of the roughest water in the Pacific.
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Of the Troops & For the Troops
Sitka Barge
when the wife worked for a trucking company, they shipped a 40ft refer box loaded with ice cream weekly! cannot for the life of me figger out why they'd send ice cream to Alaska, but they did. I sent new cars to the Anchorage resident office via AML.
Ice cream in alaska: we consume more ice cream per person
than any other state! I have no idea why it is true, or if it really is.
Sitka Spruce.
by JLF , Tuesday, April 23, 2013, 20:25 (4235 days ago) @ Dennis Eugene
Spruce trees from Sitka have some qualities that make them the choice for about 80% of the world's guitars. Except for some really high-end models, if it has a spruce top, it's from Sitka.
JLF
Sitka spruce: a musher's fire; break all the lower branches
by Rob Leahy , Prescott, Arizona, Tuesday, April 23, 2013, 20:53 (4235 days ago) @ JLF
off let them fall against the trunk, ignite get warm, if it spreads, get warmer...
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Of the Troops & For the Troops
That's pretty neat.
by Hoot , Diversityville, Liberal-sota, Wednesday, April 24, 2013, 09:34 (4235 days ago) @ Dennis Eugene
Thanks Dennis!