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...
This evening while my father in law was outside in the front yard working on deck stairs we have just installed a very clean-cut college age person came up and started a smooth talking sales pitch. He said his name was Justin and he worked for APX Alarm Security Solutions and wanted to talk with us about our alarm system. He came into the house and gave his pitch about window break and door sensors and that his system was cellular based and would work even if a burglar ‘cut’ our phone line.
It all sounded pretty good and he threw around names like “Honeywell”, ADT, Brinks, and Guardian which are other local companies who have been around Alaska for many years. He explained they had over 90% of the Anchorage residential market and could “waive” the two thousand dollar equipment fee if we placed their APX sign in our front yard (his hard part) and we could just pay the $ 49 dollar monthly monitoring fee (our easy part) for a period of three years. ...
Some of the best things about life I learned from Lonesome Dove. Great movie, excellent characters, and tells a story about how to live life. Augustus McCrae “It ain’t dying I’m talking about, it’s living. I doubt it matters where you die, but it matters where you live.” I'm just tryin' to keep everything in balance, Woodrow. You do more work than you got to, so it's my obligation to do less. “Yesterday’s gone and we can’t get it back.” “I'm sure partial to the evening,' Augustus said. 'The evening and the morning. If we just didn't have to have the rest of the dern day I'd be a lot happier.” Hat Creek Cattle Company Well we don't rent pigs and I figure it's better to say it right out front because a man that does like to rent pigs is . . . he's hard to stop. Biscuits “I never knew you to get excited about anything except biscuits maybe . . . and whores!” Captain Woodrow Call to Augustus McCrae in Lonesome Dove. Whores L...
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