Storm over Paxson Lake
Fireweed
More scenic vistas
More pipeline pictures
Moose on the Loose
All the above pictures were taken along the Richardson highway between Delta Junction and GlennAllen.
The pipeline roughly follows the highway and was often visible. At times, the pipeline is buried 8-16 feet deep in conventional, insulated or refrigerated ditches depending on the soil. The fins on the posts are aluminum radiators which circulate anhydrous ammonia through pipes within the support posts whenever the ground temperature exceeds the air temperature. These are used only in areas where heat might cause undesirable thawing. Chuck provided the above information. He would be happy to share more pipeline details with you if you are not fast enough to escape.
I discovered I am allergic to Alaska. I sneezed and blew my nose our entire trip and was told it was the fireweed. It is very pretty for a weed.
Our trip coincided with Moose season. We saw lots of hunters. An Alaskan native told us an interesting story. During 9-11, all airports were shut down due to security reasons. In Alaska, many hunters had already been flown into remote areas to hunt moose. Air services are hired to fly the hunters in with instructions to pick up the hunters on a specific day and time and at a specific location. If the plane does not arrive, they are instructed to return the next day at the same time and location. Due to the shut-down, many hunters planes did not arrive at the agreed upon time. They returned the next day, no plane. Unable to call out (no cell phone coverage in the bush), many began to walk out on their own since they didn't know what had happened. We were told people came staggering back after having walked out miles and that due to Alaska's reliance on air travel, it was one of the first air spaces reopened to traffic. I don't know if this is true but it makes an interesting story.
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