tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5950664143576637249.post1419848323088435462..comments2024-03-15T21:00:27.008-05:00Comments on Geezer with a Grudge: Counting on SpringT.W. Dayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04078254371483458356noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5950664143576637249.post-90637827507490815512009-02-11T11:16:00.000-06:002009-02-11T11:16:00.000-06:00Ok, I'm cheap. Get over it. My ancestors managed t...Ok, I'm cheap. Get over it. My ancestors managed to sail ships across the ocean, ride horses or walk across the continents, and drive open cars in blinding snowstorms without any form of external heat. It seemed to me that I should do no less, but it turns out that I'm just cheap, not brave. When the right price came along, I blinked and bought. <BR/><BR/>I missed Churchill, but I did see a bit of Hudson's Bay this past summer. You should do it. It's worth the discomfort.T.W. Dayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04078254371483458356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5950664143576637249.post-23955188493336597972009-02-11T11:12:00.000-06:002009-02-11T11:12:00.000-06:00I used to want to ride to Churchill, on Hudson's B...I used to want to ride to Churchill, on Hudson's Bay. Then I went to the races and, mentally at least, stayed.<BR/> <BR/>My parents went to Alaska for the summer of 1952. We flew through the Brooks Range in a Cessna 170 on floats, and we fished for anaklik in the Colville River delta. There is no emptiness more profound than looking shoreward past a long succession of high arctic beaches, created long ago at higher sea levels. All is flatness. Dwarf willows grow 6" high, and the ptarmigan are everywhere. And mosquitos.<BR/> <BR/>KCAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5950664143576637249.post-85878992429585981082009-02-11T11:11:00.000-06:002009-02-11T11:11:00.000-06:00Tom, Can’t believe you haven’t had a vest. Hey, ge...Tom, <BR/><BR/>Can’t believe you haven’t had a vest. Hey, get with the 90s. <BR/><BR/>A vest transforms everything. You will see. It’s even bigger than that. <BR/><BR/>JimAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com