This is the story of your average, run of the mill Alaskan as he attempts to drive the length of The Americas in a 1966 Land Rover. I hesitate to even state my goal up front like that, since anything can happen when you leave Alaska in a 44 year old vehicle in November.
A better way to phrase it, is that I am leaving Alaska for The Yukon Territories, with the goal of eventually seeing just how far this old truck can go.
I’d love it if you’d check back in from time to time to see where we are at.
Cheers!
May 20th, 2013 at 9:16 AM
What an amazing project! Can’t wait to hear more
January 29th, 2014 at 9:48 AM
Your blog is high quality blog!!!
January 30th, 2014 at 5:06 AM
I sincerely appreciate the compliment.
July 13th, 2014 at 5:12 AM
Good luck!
January 29th, 2015 at 8:21 PM
Hello there! I’ve decided to read and follow 15 interesting and new blogs a day every day for the first month of 2015, and yours is today’s #2! Feel free to come visit me when you can at http://www.thatssojacob.wordpress.com, and follow if you like what you read. Happy new year and happy blogging!
August 16th, 2019 at 12:08 AM
Hi Icefogger, looks like a great adventure you’ve got going here! I am a former Fairbanks resident myself, is that Chena Lakes in your photo? I have a question for you about your Royalex boat repair project, I recently rescued a royalex canoe from the a trip to the dump, the hull is fully in tact with no major damage, but it could use a little work to restore it near to its former glory. I’m interested by your application of Gflex across the entire hull, did that work out okay? My only hesitation is with regards to maintaining the pliability of the Royalex. I wonder if the coat of epoxy over the exterior has affected its flexiblity, have you noticed a difference?
Thanks,
Marshall
August 16th, 2019 at 3:16 AM
Marshall, thanks for stopping by. It is Quartz Lake in the picture. I did not see any change in the flexibility, or in the handling of the canoe after the epoxy treatment. It has only been out on the water twice, as of this writing, but I’m thrilled with the result so far. If you have any questions on the G-Flex, I would not hesitate to contact the manufacturer: https://www.westsystem.com/specialty-epoxies/gflex-650-toughened-epoxy/
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March 11th, 2022 at 3:35 PM
Hi Icefogger,
I’m currently writing an article about the history of reindeer herding in western Alaska for Wild West magazine and came across your Lomen Bros. photo of Santa on the beach in Nome.
Could you tell me where I can get a print-quality file of that image to use as an illustration?
Cheers,
Michael Engelhard
(in Fairbanks)
March 12th, 2022 at 8:08 PM
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June 22nd, 2022 at 12:30 PM
Greetings, Icefogger! I was googling around today looking for Tom Sadowski et al postcards and very sad to discover from your post that he died last year. I don’t believe I ever met him, though I did know Jimmy Froelich when I lived in Anchorage, but I moved to Fairbanks in 1996 so as far as Anchorageites are concerned I might as well have moved to the moon. I’ve loved the postcards those guys produced — such wonderful and wacky senses of humor! — and must’ve mailed a zillion of them back in the day. Best regards, lj
June 22nd, 2022 at 6:38 PM
I’ve always enjoyed sending their postcards out as well. Definitely Alaskan humor. Thanks for stopping by.