Alaska Posted May 19, 2009 Share Posted May 19, 2009 hi every one I am a firefighter and EMS ett live it a small town on a island in southeast Alaska I was given a forge two years ago now and have been making knives and things but I a am still new to this I am the asst. fire chief here live on a boat and no the forge is not on the boat we just got land so I will be moving on to land and making a new forge just started to work with 5160 spring steal just wanted to say hi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Browne Posted May 19, 2009 Share Posted May 19, 2009 Welcome to IFI Alaska. Sounds like an interesting life you have there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmy seale Posted May 19, 2009 Share Posted May 19, 2009 howdy from west texas, welcome to IFI good folks and reading/ideas here,jimmy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted May 19, 2009 Share Posted May 19, 2009 Welcome aboard, glad to have ya. Where in SE? I'm north of Anchorage but have spent time all over SE. Frosty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaska Posted May 19, 2009 Author Share Posted May 19, 2009 thanks for the great welcomes pow island where north of Anchorage I have lived all over Alaska Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whiteboer Posted May 19, 2009 Share Posted May 19, 2009 Welcome to the board, Alaska is high on my list of places to move to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted May 19, 2009 Share Posted May 19, 2009 thanks for the great welcomes pow island where north of Anchorage I have lived all over Alaska Cool, I have some really good memories of POW and Craig, there're more than a few amusing stories too. Is Mike still chasing UFOs? I'm in the Mat. Valley literally across Vine Rd. from Wasilla. Satellite pic search 2684 Vine Rd. 99687. Our place has the green roof (house) next to the blue roof. (barn) Last I checked the pic was from around 2003 so the shop doesn't show. If you get up this way please look us up and bring the family, we have lots of friendly critters. Heck, if any of you galoots are visiting Alaska, look us up, I'll do what I can to set you up with whatever you want to do, see, etc. local contacts you know. Frosty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaska Posted May 19, 2009 Author Share Posted May 19, 2009 yeah same here we live in thorne bay on a house boat great fishing and camping here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted May 20, 2009 Share Posted May 20, 2009 Ahhhh Thorne Bay Mmmmmmm. The whole island is great if you have a boat. Have you seen the pyrite replacement fossils from the old quarry in Klawok? Frosty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaska Posted May 21, 2009 Author Share Posted May 21, 2009 no not yet will have to go look may have some time soon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted May 21, 2009 Share Posted May 21, 2009 I saw examples now and then on the island but I never got to the quarry myself. The fossils are really beautiful. Frosty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaska Posted May 21, 2009 Author Share Posted May 21, 2009 yeah do not get much time to get out of town but may soon the job I am at is not working out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted May 21, 2009 Share Posted May 21, 2009 Bummer. Logging or fishing? . . . Well, there ARE a few support type jobs available of course but those are the two main categories. I'd guess Logging seeing as it's Thorne Bay. Do you have any pics? I haven't been there since the early-mid 90's. We were doing the soil sampling and quarry exploration drilling for the Thorne Bay road. Frosty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaska Posted May 22, 2009 Author Share Posted May 22, 2009 no fire dept. not much logging going now fishing is starting to go real bad to so not a lot of work no pics of town but will work on getting some Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 ARGH! You said you were a firefighter in your first post! It's a sad thing when you see someone losing their memory but it isn't so bad from the inside because you don't remember. No sweat on the pics but it'd be kind of cool to see if it's changed since last time I was there. Frosty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaska Posted May 22, 2009 Author Share Posted May 22, 2009 not much change here but will get some pics real soon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted May 23, 2009 Share Posted May 23, 2009 Here're a couple pics from our place. One is me finishing the roof on my shop. The others are some of our goats from a few years ago and the other is Buran and a baby. Frosty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaska Posted May 24, 2009 Author Share Posted May 24, 2009 love the pics yeah we have been out of the new land working on a road maybe we will get some goats when we get the land up and going Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted May 25, 2009 Share Posted May 25, 2009 Here're more pics of the place and critters. SPRING PROMISE PYGMY AND PYGORA GOATS Frosty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaska Posted May 31, 2009 Author Share Posted May 31, 2009 cool pics goat can be a lot of fun we are talking of getting a milk goat for the land well sorry I have not been on but got the flu and was down Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 It's not like you're on a time clock here so I'll only dock you half a day. Hows that? You need two goats, they're herd animals and need a buddy or they aren't going to be happy and will end up eccentric in unpleasant ways. Frosty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaska Posted June 2, 2009 Author Share Posted June 2, 2009 yeah we know it is hard to get them here but there are some so we will start looking soon well we are going to get hot here so I will be on call till we start going rain again and no forging till we get rain :mad: we are real dry here and going to get dryer still found some coal here on island want to go look at it soon see if we can use it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted June 2, 2009 Share Posted June 2, 2009 It's hard for me to imagine anywhere in SE being dry. Still, it doesn't really take no rain long to dry out a rain forest. Coal on POW? Is it a seam or shipped in? I wouldn't be more than mildly surprised to hear there was coal on the island, the geology is such a composite, just about everything else is there somewhere. I'll keep my fingers crossed for a sparkless wait for rain. Frosty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaska Posted June 3, 2009 Author Share Posted June 3, 2009 it was 80 at 11:00 am today hot we do not get that hot most the time seam coal bay I am going to see if it is any good we are hoping no one start a fire that would be no fun Alaska Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 We got a couple days of rain early this week so fire danger is down right now. I'll keep my fingers crossed for you. Is Coal Bay on the road system or boat only? Frosty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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