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Location: Anchorage, Alaska | I was wondering how many OFC member reside here in Alaska. Maybe if there are enough of us, we can arrange for a "get togather" like the So Cal gatherings. |
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Location: NJ | I've never been to alaska.
let's do it! |
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Location: NJ | AcousticGuitar Magazine's next GuitarCruise is to Alaska . . . .
. . . a vast contingency of Ovation afficianadoes'd REALLY drive 'em all overboard . . . :D |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | AL, ONLY in summer!!!!
Alaska is only one of 9 states that have no income tax.
Alaskimo, are you the fly guy as in airplanes or fishing? |
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Location: Anchorage, Alaska | I'm the Fly Fishing type of Fly Guy. I own a fly fishing guide service up here. And you are right about summer being a great time to visit Alaska but we get in a bunch of guitar playing on these cold, dark winter day/nights. It is a whopping 8 degrees out today. Looks like winter is starting to show its evil head. :D |
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Location: Fort Worth, Texas | My wife and I did the Inside Passage cruise, would love to just spend some time in Anchorage, then Vancouver!
The AG crusie would be great...
"I sent her letter off to Dallas
But her reply came from Anchorage.
I always thought Texas was big, but
You know your in the largest
State in the Union, When your
Anchored down in Anchorage."
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Location: SoCal | The story goes that the Alaskan got tired of the Texan bragging that Texas is the second largest state in the U.S., and threatened to split Alaska in half and make Texas the third largest state. |
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Location: So. Cal. | I am in! Oops, do you have to be an Alaskan resident? |
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Location: SoCal | Michael, Al suggested we get you to drive... :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: |
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Location: Upper Left USA | I'm not from Alaska but I can do Moose calls.
An OFC Cruise and get together! Hey does Matt do cruises? |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | I just thought that you might be the fishing type. Hey we had an 8 in the temp today too. In fact we had two of them.
An alaska trip might be lots of fun. Let me see if I can get the program director to consider it. |
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Location: State College, PA | Lived in Alaska from 1980 to 1994.
Got stories...
Michael Pelikan
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Location: Central Oregon | I lived in Kodiak from '61-'66. Graduated from Kodiak High in '65, moved to Fairbanks & attended the U of A for two years. Moved to Oregon in late '68. I was back in Kodiak visiting old friends & fishing last Sep. I got a 350# halibut, released it & kept 6 smaller fish 40-80#'s, dozens of salmon. Flew over to Geographic Bay in my buddy's Super Widgeon & did some bear veiwing. I'll be in Kodiak next September for my 40th class reunion, come on over :)
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Location: Eugene, OR | Nils:
I was in Kodiak from 73 to 77. I liked it alot. I miss the abundant King Crab but don't miss coming up on the occasional fresh bear tracks in the snow. Ahhh. Good times. Good fishin. |
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Location: SoCal | Lived in tropical Juneau for about five years as a child...had brown bears knocking over the garbage cans...learned not to throw an ice ball at a huskey :eek: |
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Location: Central Oregon | You mean like these yosh?
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Location: Yucaipa, California | ...hmmm, Al, Cliff and Moody? ;) |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Which one is Cliff? |
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Location: Yucaipa, California | the hairy one :rolleyes: |
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Location: Eugene, OR | Yup Nils, Just like em. Nice pic. I miss "the rock" alot. |
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Location: SoCal | Al and Cliff are sitting back, sent Moody out on point to see if the stream was too deep. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Ah! I see the logic in that. |
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Location: Central Oregon | 
Here are three more that were just down stream. We had 14 bears all around us for two hours.
If you look at the picture of the sow (sitting) & cubs there is a big splash right ove momma's head. That was a BIG boar fishing his way down stream. Our guide told us when he got to where we were the smaller bears would move out of the way & let him have the best fishing hole. Sure enough, she was right. He was a big bruiser.
Btw, these pix were taken with a little cheapie camera, no telephoto lens. At times there were bears within 15 feet of us. We learned to keep our heads on a swivel. The bears go whereever the hell they please so it's best to ease out of the way when you see them coming.
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Location: Central Oregon | 
Big guy.
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Location: south east Michigan | "15 feet from the bear"
riiiight. |
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