But Rich has gone out of his way to hook me up with the grease...taking the loader to the landfill and going through pallets to find the good grease.%#@& The found a pallete labled "PBOC".%#@& Prudoe Bay Operations Center.%#@& "That's trhe good s***...man they have the money...I looked at one, but knew they only used the good stuff, so I grabbed it"...all 16 five gallon containers.%#@& And damn it is some nice-ass grease!!!!!%#@& 16 containers at 5 gallons each.%#@& That's 80 gallons...on top of the 10 I already filtered.%#@& Now I'll get probably get at least 50 gallons out of it.%#@& So tomorrow I'll filter the rest of the grease and head south then or the next day.%#@& I got lucky on the way up...no flats.%#@& It is a long ass drive to Fairbanks.%#@& Anyway, where to from here?%#@& Not too sure, I just have to be in Las Vegas to meet Songer on the 17th of Sep.%#@& See more of Alaska and Canada.%#@& I most likely will head to Juneau.
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It's now several days since I wrote that...the update...
Left The north Slope with arount 50 galllons of FILTERED grease!!!!%#@& It got me all the way to Homer (a long ways) then back up to Anchorage...where I am right now.%#@& On the way out, Rich hooked me up with a belt buckle.%#@& Now I have never worked for or at "Area Ten", but I can wear it with pride because I have a hell of a neat story behind that belt buckle.%#@& I also got a mattress.%#@& That's right...from the Prudoe Bay Hotel.%#@& The trip back down the Dalton Highway didn't seem as long as on the way up.%#@& I got to Denali National Park and stoped at the wilderness center to see what the hiking opportunities were.%#@& It had been raining a while and I wasn't too ready to get in the wet.%#@& PJ gave me a magazine that had%#@&several articles on Alaska, one of them mentioned Denali State Park and rthe ridge trail there.%#@& So off I went to the State Park.%#@& The part I did was 17 miles.%#@& I slept at the trail head so the next AM I could leave for the hike, and I knew I could do 17 miles...especially as late as it gets dark.%#@& It rained all night and I didn't stirr untill 12:00.%#@& That's noon.%#@& It was still raining and cold.%#@& My camper shell leaks and it smells now.%#@& Anyway, I decided I better just suck it up, roll the dice and hope it stops raining and the fog clears so I can see the highest point in North America.%#@& The rain did stop.%#@& It didn't clear up though.%#@& Thick fog/clouds...couldn't see a thing.%#@& I was planning to hike the whole thing in one day but was prepared to overnight there if I had to.%#@& About halfway into the hike my knee started hurting real bad.%#@& An injury I have had for years, but fortunatly rarely raisies it's head...but when it does....puts me out of action.%#@& Anyway, it started clearing a little, still couldn't see anything.%#@& Decided to sleep up there...knee hurt too bad,%#@&I don't think I could have mnade it down.%#@& I figured the clouds may clewar by the next day anyway.%#@& And there wass the 12 hours I knew I'd be laying down...figuring that would be plenty rest for the knee.%#@& All night long I'd poke my head out to see if the clouds had cleared to grant me a glimpse of what I was sure would be spectacular.%#@& Not untill about 5:00 did it clear.%#@& What a view!!!!!%#@& The snow about blinded me, but there it was, McKinley and numerous other HUGE mountians.%#@& I had taken some binoculars...well worth it.%#@& That trail is the best kept secret.%#@& It get a descent amount of use, but is by no means and "interstate".%#@& Even the night sky was spectacular.%#@& Anyway, the spot I slept had 170 degrees of unimiginable skyline from the National Park and surounding area.%#@& I was a little glad my knee was hurting...I may have pushed on just to finish the trail.%#@& Damn good thing I didn't.%#@& When I did get down I hitch hiked 15 miles back to my truck.%#@& The first car that came by gave me a ride.%#@& This fella does a lot of mountaneering in the area and said by far that is THE tral for views.%#@& And I can't see where another trail would top it.%#@& The whole thing is above tree line (only a few houndred feet or something, it is not very high).%#@& So the whole trail has views of the mt. range, including McKinley at 20,320 feet.%#@& Got back to the truck and cooked a big ass meal...all I had taken to eat was trail mix.%#@& Ate, left for the Kenai penensula.%#@& Wasn't too sure how far I'd go, but ended up going all the way to Homer.%#@& Extremely scenic drive.%#@& Glaciers, ocean, mountians.%#@& Anyway, made it to Homer...looked for grease, and around in general...not too muck luck on the grease.%#@& Did break down and buy a meal...Halibut.%#@& Had to on principle.%#@& Wanted to%#@&hike the Russian River trail, but figured I'd better let the knee get better first.%#@&%#@&I have been lucky here in Anchorage, I got 60 gallons and I figure I better let it warm up (it's getting hot in the camper shell...it's finally sunny)%#@& Then tomorrow AM I'll filter it and be on my way.%#@&
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The spelling on this last section is bad I know.%#@& I messed up the computer and the spellchecker is 10-7 and I don't have a dictionary on hand.%#@& Oh well, I am sure you all will get the gist of the stories.
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It's now several days since I wrote that...the update...
Left The north Slope with arount 50 galllons of FILTERED grease!!!!%#@& It got me all the way to Homer (a long ways) then back up to Anchorage...where I am right now.%#@& On the way out, Rich hooked me up with a belt buckle.%#@& Now I have never worked for or at "Area Ten", but I can wear it with pride because I have a hell of a neat story behind that belt buckle.%#@& I also got a mattress.%#@& That's right...from the Prudoe Bay Hotel.%#@& The trip back down the Dalton Highway didn't seem as long as on the way up.%#@& I got to Denali National Park and stoped at the wilderness center to see what the hiking opportunities were.%#@& It had been raining a while and I wasn't too ready to get in the wet.%#@& PJ gave me a magazine that had%#@&several articles on Alaska, one of them mentioned Denali State Park and rthe ridge trail there.%#@& So off I went to the State Park.%#@& The part I did was 17 miles.%#@& I slept at the trail head so the next AM I could leave for the hike, and I knew I could do 17 miles...especially as late as it gets dark.%#@& It rained all night and I didn't stirr untill 12:00.%#@& That's noon.%#@& It was still raining and cold.%#@& My camper shell leaks and it smells now.%#@& Anyway, I decided I better just suck it up, roll the dice and hope it stops raining and the fog clears so I can see the highest point in North America.%#@& The rain did stop.%#@& It didn't clear up though.%#@& Thick fog/clouds...couldn't see a thing.%#@& I was planning to hike the whole thing in one day but was prepared to overnight there if I had to.%#@& About halfway into the hike my knee started hurting real bad.%#@& An injury I have had for years, but fortunatly rarely raisies it's head...but when it does....puts me out of action.%#@& Anyway, it started clearing a little, still couldn't see anything.%#@& Decided to sleep up there...knee hurt too bad,%#@&I don't think I could have mnade it down.%#@& I figured the clouds may clewar by the next day anyway.%#@& And there wass the 12 hours I knew I'd be laying down...figuring that would be plenty rest for the knee.%#@& All night long I'd poke my head out to see if the clouds had cleared to grant me a glimpse of what I was sure would be spectacular.%#@& Not untill about 5:00 did it clear.%#@& What a view!!!!!%#@& The snow about blinded me, but there it was, McKinley and numerous other HUGE mountians.%#@& I had taken some binoculars...well worth it.%#@& That trail is the best kept secret.%#@& It get a descent amount of use, but is by no means and "interstate".%#@& Even the night sky was spectacular.%#@& Anyway, the spot I slept had 170 degrees of unimiginable skyline from the National Park and surounding area.%#@& I was a little glad my knee was hurting...I may have pushed on just to finish the trail.%#@& Damn good thing I didn't.%#@& When I did get down I hitch hiked 15 miles back to my truck.%#@& The first car that came by gave me a ride.%#@& This fella does a lot of mountaneering in the area and said by far that is THE tral for views.%#@& And I can't see where another trail would top it.%#@& The whole thing is above tree line (only a few houndred feet or something, it is not very high).%#@& So the whole trail has views of the mt. range, including McKinley at 20,320 feet.%#@& Got back to the truck and cooked a big ass meal...all I had taken to eat was trail mix.%#@& Ate, left for the Kenai penensula.%#@& Wasn't too sure how far I'd go, but ended up going all the way to Homer.%#@& Extremely scenic drive.%#@& Glaciers, ocean, mountians.%#@& Anyway, made it to Homer...looked for grease, and around in general...not too muck luck on the grease.%#@& Did break down and buy a meal...Halibut.%#@& Had to on principle.%#@& Wanted to%#@&hike the Russian River trail, but figured I'd better let the knee get better first.%#@&%#@&I have been lucky here in Anchorage, I got 60 gallons and I figure I better let it warm up (it's getting hot in the camper shell...it's finally sunny)%#@& Then tomorrow AM I'll filter it and be on my way.%#@&
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The spelling on this last section is bad I know.%#@& I messed up the computer and the spellchecker is 10-7 and I don't have a dictionary on hand.%#@& Oh well, I am sure you all will get the gist of the stories.
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What the hell are you smoking Chuck?
