Icewind’s Ramblings takes a look at the oddities in life through humor, stories, and observations on the human condition. It can cover almost anything and is seen through the eyes of a Southerner who lived in Alaska for twenty years experiencing life with a “Northern Exposure”. Laughter and a smile is the best medicine for the long dark winter nights in this wonderful world.
Southern by Birth, Alaskan by the Grace of God.
I enjoy flying, fishing, & camping.
Surfing Alaska in late summer
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Alaskans are always looking for that next thrill . . . there are the ‘bore tide’ surfers here in Anchorage who seek out this natural phenomena that occurs daily but the bigger waves happen every few weeks during the new and full moon cycles. It is best seen during the high tide of Turnagain Arm in Cook Inlet just south of AnchorageAlaska.
There is a new breed of Alaskan surfer who has found another interesting way to catch a wave.Granted this was not the biggest wave ever caught . . . but you gotta give the guy some credit the water temp was around 40 F.
There is an element of danger and awe waiting waves caused by calving glaciers.That's right, watch Garrett McNamara and Kealii Mamala tow-in surfing little tsunami waves (up to 25 ft. in height) caused by ice falling off Child's Glacier in South-Central Alaska.
Morrison Springs Ponce de Leon, Florida County road 181 Morrison Springs was one of our favorite dive spots on many of our Florida trips but it also had the most danger to it. One of Northwest Florida’s best-kept secrets was known to more Georgia and Alabama folks than Floridians. And they weren’t talking. It had to do with the jewel of a Panhandle spring, a turquoise pool surrounded by stately cypress trees whose aerial roots stand taller than a man. Below the surface, clear, 68-degree water wells up from a spring cave source over 90 feet deep. Morrison Springs is just far enough off the beaten path in this sunny pine and cypress country to be special for any diver lucky enough to find and dive the site. The shallow pool reflects the overhead blue sky and if the water is clear and the bottom clean of silt, it resembles a giant sapphire. Unlike some springs with a deep, black hole source, this one takes visitors gradually into its shallows from a gol...
Let me first say that personally, I have no problem with it at all. This has been kind of a weird week here in the north land with the first of many winter snowfalls’s to come and the landscape once again beautifully covered in the white stuff. It looks like the kids will have to put their Halloween costume on over a snowsuit again this year as the cold snowy stuff is here again. That is not what I wanted to write about tonight but was necessary to set up what I did want to write about. “Frosty nipples” are quite common here during most of the year and when things cool down on the cusp of winter probably more so. Work attire with tight shirts or low cut blouses that ‘make a statement’ during colder weather could be taken several ways by co-workers or visitors to your place of business. While you may not always be taken seriously by others in the office and some may have trouble looking you in the face, I say it's a freedom of rights issue. If you want to show o...
I was a late comer to start watching the television series Lost but once I started it has been a nonstop joy ride. The show has a huge cast that is driven with multilayered characters and storylines. It has been entertaining and fascinating watching the different aspects come into play and focus. The pilot episode introduced us to the main group and in later episodes through flashbacks their stories and dramas unfold before us. It seems every one of the survivors of the crash of Oceanic Flight 815 is indeed “Lost” in their lives. Over the seasons we watch as each face their particular problem and the metamorphosis that transpires. Terry O’Quinn is one of the main forces on Lost and over the years he has appeared in some of my favorite shows, NCIS, JAG, The West Wing, Alias, Star Trek TNG as well as many movies. He is always a joy to watch as his characters have varied widely. On NCIS in the episode called “Enigma” he played a Marine Colonel suf...
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