STLGph From United States of America, joined Oct 2004, 8994 posts, RR: 27 Reply 1, posted (7 years 2 months 1 week 1 day 7 hours ago) and read 1156 times:
Andes--
When are you taking me and my god children up there? We can shack up with ANCFlyer.
Eternal darkness we all should dread. It's hard to party when you're dead.
Saxdiva From United States of America, joined Jun 2004, 2382 posts, RR: 46 Reply 3, posted (7 years 2 months 1 week 1 day 7 hours ago) and read 1151 times:
Quoting AndesSMF (Thread starter): When and where is the best time to see the Northern Lights?
When ANCFlyer finally takes his hat off. It's been on his head for so long that the big white flash should be mindblowing.
STLGph From United States of America, joined Oct 2004, 8994 posts, RR: 27 Reply 4, posted (7 years 2 months 1 week 1 day 7 hours ago) and read 1151 times:
Quoting AndesSMF (Reply 2):
I wonder how you deal with 24 hr sunshine.
Haven't you paid attention to these boards before?
Eternal darkness we all should dread. It's hard to party when you're dead.
NWA742 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 5, posted (7 years 2 months 1 week 1 day 7 hours ago) and read 1140 times:
If I ever go to Alaska, I will have a beer with ANCflyer. He will have many beers. After he is drunk, I will knock him down and steal his Superduty and go explore Alaska for a few weeks.
STLGph From United States of America, joined Oct 2004, 8994 posts, RR: 27 Reply 7, posted (7 years 2 months 1 week 1 day 7 hours ago) and read 1135 times:
Quoting AndesSMF (Reply 6):
I dont know if I could get used to drinking during the day.
Wha???!!!!!?????!!!!!?????!!!!
I'm coming to Sacramento ASAP to work on this.
Eternal darkness we all should dread. It's hard to party when you're dead.
LOT767-300ER From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 8, posted (7 years 2 months 1 week 1 day 7 hours ago) and read 1135 times:
I think its actually a bigger sin to take ANCflyer's hat off in public than it is to take a Saudi Arabian womans head cover off. Thats just a little theory of mine. God will smite you for both
AndesSMF From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 9, posted (7 years 2 months 1 week 1 day 7 hours ago) and read 1128 times:
Quoting LOT767-300ER (Reply 8): I think its actually a bigger sin to take ANCflyer's hat off in public than it is to take a Saudi Arabian womans head cover off. Thats just a little theory of mine. God will smite you for both
Damn, thats a good one! Take a bow. Well, we can try to take it off, and if the earth starts to rumble, well put it back immediately. On the other hand, him being in law enforcement, ANCflyer does carry a gun...doesnt he?
Start with a book called: The Milepost. Geez, this is a big question, I don't even know where to start. Hunting, fishing, hiking, nature, airplane spotting, camping, cruises, two railroads, glaciers, moose, caribou, bear, eagles, cities, farms, towns, villages, oceans, islands, beer, great restaurants, mountains, rivers, lakes, rock climbing, scuba for lobster and crab, I could go on . . .
Quoting AndesSMF (Reply 2): Quoting STLGph (Reply 1):
We can shack up with ANCFlyer
Hopefully he gets the hint.
Quoting Saxdiva (Reply 3): When ANCFlyer finally takes his hat off. It's been on his head for so long that the big white flash should be mindblowing.
I still have all my hair . . . so far. A-Net is waring on it though!
Quoting AndesSMF (Reply 2): I wonder how you deal with 24 hr sunshine.
Sun finally disappeared tonight about 2200, will be back about 0300. As the summer progresses, we won't see darkness up here at work. Of course - the opposite is true in the winter.
ANCFlyer From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 13, posted (7 years 2 months 1 week 1 day 6 hours ago) and read 1106 times:
Quoting AndesSMF (Reply 12): Is there a time when the weather is not that cold when you could see the Northern Lights?
Nope. Winter or bust.
Viewing up this far north is easy - very little man made light sources to clutter up the view. Get on top of Sagwon Pass or Atigun Pass - no man made light for 50 miles - and there they are. These pictures take from Sagwon Pass . . . about 62 miles south of the Arctic Ocean. About 2000' elevation.
ANCFlyer From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 15, posted (7 years 2 months 1 week 1 day 5 hours ago) and read 1097 times:
Quoting AndesSMF (Reply 14): And you say that they move perceptively.
Hell yeah, they dance across the sky, no question they are moving. If you look closely at the photos you'll see the mountains in the background. They were taken at the same spot at the same time, and you can see how the lights have move from picture to the other.
It's about -26F right now, and they are out tonight. Not as bright as usual, but definitely there.
Aloges From Germany, joined Jan 2006, 8394 posts, RR: 47 Reply 16, posted (7 years 2 months 1 week 1 day 4 hours ago) and read 1085 times:
Interesting, that colour. Is that the colour they usually have? If I recall correctly, the ones I saw in Norway were mostly green and sometimes red-ish.
Walk together, talk together all ye peoples of the earth. Then, and only then, shall ye have peace.
ANCFlyer From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 17, posted (7 years 2 months 1 week 1 day 3 hours ago) and read 1080 times:
Quoting Aloges (Reply 16): Is that the colour they usually have?
Green is the dominant color for them . . . they can occasionally be red, yellows and oranges . . . usually green though. Must be all the GREENhouse gas in the air
KROC From United States of America, joined May 2000, 19737 posts, RR: 75 Reply 18, posted (7 years 2 months 1 week 1 day 3 hours ago) and read 1073 times:
Quoting LOT767-300ER (Reply 8): I think its actually a bigger sin to take ANCflyer's hat off in public than it is to take a Saudi Arabian womans head cover off. Thats just a little theory of mine. God will smite you for both
I can confirm that ANCFlyer does take his dome piece off on a very rare occasion. Pep, myself and Brenna rolled into a local bar one of my last nights in ANC for a few pops and he actually pealed the hat off and left it in his truck! When we got back to the truck it was back on before I could even blink, but it actually does come off!
"Never tell anybody outside the family what you're thinking again"
ANCFlyer From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 19, posted (7 years 2 months 1 week 1 day 3 hours ago) and read 1069 times:
Quoting KROC (Reply 18): I can confirm that ANCFlyer does take his dome piece off on a very rare occasion. Pep, myself and Brenna rolled into a local bar one of my last nights in ANC for a few pops and he actually pealed the hat off and left it in his truck! When we got back to the truck it was back on before I could even blink, but it actually does come off!
Was I wearing the Army Hat or the Cop Hat? If it was the cop hat, then dor damn sure I took it off before going into 'Koots . . . I'm , I'm not Stupid (contrary to a few members opinions ). Cops and 'Koots are usually NOT a good mix.
KROC From United States of America, joined May 2000, 19737 posts, RR: 75 Reply 20, posted (7 years 2 months 1 week 1 day 3 hours ago) and read 1064 times:
It was the retired Army Hat. I had no idea you owned any other hats!
"Never tell anybody outside the family what you're thinking again"
AerorobNZ From Rwanda, joined Feb 2001, 6369 posts, RR: 13 Reply 21, posted (7 years 2 months 1 week 1 day 1 hour ago) and read 1045 times:
I will be up in Alaska next month, I guess that's too late for them, but can't wait anyway....all those lovely classic props... and the scenery of course too...
Chugach From United States of America, joined Dec 2004, 1041 posts, RR: 3 Reply 22, posted (7 years 2 months 1 week 23 hours ago) and read 1025 times:
I drove back in from Palmer last night about midnight, and they were out over the Chugach mountains along with a full moon. Spectacular; lots of purple thrown in with the green. That's one thing I miss about Fairbanks.
Srbmod From United States of America, joined Mar 2001, 16896 posts, RR: 51 Reply 23, posted (7 years 2 months 1 week 19 hours ago) and read 1001 times:
Quoting KROC (Reply 18):
I can confirm that ANCFlyer does take his dome piece off on a very rare occasion.
Myself, along with just about everyone who attended the LAS Meetup, can also vouch seeing him hatless. I doubt he would have been allowed into Delmonicos wearing a hat. And further proof:
Saxdiva From United States of America, joined Jun 2004, 2382 posts, RR: 46 Reply 24, posted (7 years 2 months 1 week 19 hours ago) and read 1000 times:
25 AndesSMF: I smell a conspiracy theory coming on, that is not the real ANCflyer, but a replacement.
26 Bushpilot: Anytime in winter, they were out last night at my house and I am well south in the state. We get them a few times a year and last night the condition
27 L-188: Winter-Fairbanks. I don't have the time to look up the website, but I seem to remember UAF having a website that predicted aurora activy.
28 AndesSMF: So I get the idea that even the people of Alaska still love to watch the 'show'? My concern about this proposed trip is what I would do with two smal
29 L-188: Throw a snowsuit on them an let them make snowmen Kids can expend an amazing amount of energy on a sledding hill. Someone more familiar with Fairbank
30 Bushpilot: If your main reason for traveling is the Northern Lights, you must do it in winter, I know there are tour groups and such that do Aurora tours, mostl
31 AndesSMF: Thanks for all the info, Bushpilot. BTW, fishing and I just dont mix, for some reason I just cant get the fish to bite. I have had friends on either
32 Bushpilot: When I was living up there from 98-00 they did offer it, and a weekend package deal to boot. I never did it, but it sounded novel.
33 L-188: I thought they did.. There you go AndesSMF. Fly into Anchorage, get you and the wife on the train north-they do run winter. And spend a nice night si
34 AndesSMF: Weeeellllll, now thats a little better, my son is a real train fanatic at three years old (we took him on a weekend train trip for his b-day). He act
35 Searpqx: Um, not to nitpick (well, actually, completely to nitpick), but if you spend more than a few minutes sitting in 70 degree water at -40 you're going t
36 Bushpilot: http://www.chenahotsprings.com/ There is the website, they offer quite a few activities in the winter as well. Yeah its hotter than 105 even, I know i
37 AndesSMF: Thanks, I might check out prices for my 10 year anniversary next year.
38 ANCFlyer: Alaska is well known for it's many, many varied uses for Duct Tape . . . might I suggest you add to the list Or, there's this: Only on weekends. Nort
39 Saxdiva: Damn, that's romantic. Get out the Dom Perignon!
40 Chugach: Hell, you don't even need to rent one--just go in the big outdoor pool. You haven't lived until you've been swimming outside at 30 below zero! climat
41 L-188: Yeah it sucks for the ladies, but for the guys it makes her parts that we are interested in stand more....proud
42 Dinker225: Heres the website that predicts the aurora's. http://www.gi.alaska.edu/cgi-bin/predict.cgi
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