[Eska]

You should see ice out on the upper Yukon. Down the village, the indians have a tripod set about 50 yards out on the river. They have fishin line from tripod stretched to a battery clock on post along shore. Everyone picks date and time, buck a shot. When river lets loose, fishin line jerks battery out of clock and everyone knows who won the pot.

Chunks of ice size of trucks & cabins tumblin over and over in a huge mass of water, ice, and whatever is in its way. Usually, it all backs up downriver a few miles then river & ice come up about 50 feet, sometimes ice gets pushed over the road and floods the village cabins. The natives pretty much take it in stride and party atmosphere for a few days. Usually by then, everyone can't wait for spring to arrive anyway. Been minus 50 something for lows last week or so, wish iceout was tomorrow.

[RedBloodedAmerican]

Wow. How much of the year do you spend in the area? That would be something I would like to see but dont know if I could live in it yr round.

[sasportas]

Eska, you must be somewhere near Eagle sounds like. Beautiful town on the Yukon, was over there a few years ago. In the summer, however.

[muawiyah]

Got some distant cousins who live on the Tanana(sp?). Some of them own a beer joint of some kind. Fellow I used to ride to work with (he was at Commerce) told me about a visit he made to the place.

He was in Alaska on business. Went to this beer joint. Got drunk. They (my cousins) tossed him out in the snow when it was WAY BELOW ZERO!

He never forgot it.

[WaterDragon]

Good heavens! Sounds exciting!