Cold Country

I have arrived at the north slope of Alaska. I was greeted by an air temperature of -26.

Today it is -37 and the wind chill is -64 and this will probably not change very much through out the day.

I saw only a couple of caribou on the trip from Dead Horse to Milne Point , where I am camping out for the next few days.

The food is good and the job is boring. I will try to get some pictures of the frozen tundra on the blog soon.

ALERT, ALERT!!!!! UPDATE

It has now been 54 smoke free days. I have roughly not spent $216 so far.

And I am up to between 6-8 miles of country walking per day. On the days that I don't walk I ride the stationary bike for 1 hour.

The boys on the North Slope just called and requested that I leave for Alaska tomorrow.

See Ya

Dis and Dat

I put this picture of Hawaii in because I, Jonesie from Wisconsin, is tired of winter.




It has been a while since the last time I made an entry into the farm blog. The fact is there just isn't much going on in the middle of Feburary around here.
Nana spent a week with the grandkids this month and left me quite lonely around here. I went for a lot of walks while she was away.
I had a job on the North Slope of Alaska, but it was a very short on. I was only gone for 4 days. I am scheduled to return to the site this week to help install and start up the motor.
Last Sat the neighbors had the annual winter blah party. I had never been around for any of the previous parties. It gave me a chance to see all of the neighbors and meet some new people.
This past Wednesday, at 8:20 am, I was riding the stationary bike in Jonesies Digs when the phone rang. It was the office and I was told to get off that bike and get to the airport. Well my first question was where was I suppose to go. It was an emergency breakdown in Baton Rouge, LA. I surprised myself and was on a flight at 11:30 thru Memphis and down to ExxonMobil in Baton Rouge. We worked until9:00 pm to fix the problem and get the motor/compressor back on line.
The best part of that trip was dinner that night inside the refinery. Not the most ambiance setting I have ever eaten at, but when the dinner is crawfish etoufe, you don't ask questions.
Yes it is the start of crawfish season in the south. If the south has nothing else, it has plenty of crawfish and the rest of the food in the south, if not healthy, is some of the best I have ever eaten.
Yesterday I continued with my walking and walked to Spring Valley and back. It was about an 8 mile round trip. I am getting ready to walk to Woodville for breakfast at the end of this month.

Beer Butt Chicken

The Setup














The Heat











Time To Eat

Ice Fishing Again

The Setup















The Bite













The Catch

Reverse Hike

The reverse hike - It all started last weekend when I walked to downtown Spring Valley for breakfast. So this weekend after getting a haircut downtown I thought it would be a good time to walk home.

Here are a couple of photos of my hiking path back to the farm. A much more vigorous walk as it is mainly uphill all the way back home.

















Today my nice walk measured 5.4 miles across the countryside. On one part of the walk someone had marked out 5-100 foot intervals on the road for some unknown reason. So I checked how many steps I take per 100 feet - 38. After a little calculating I came up with about 10,600 steps.