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[oosik]

WoW - I've never been in to the Denali Lodge. You take the Maclaren River road - west from Paxton. Its 36 miles to the Maclaren R. From there you will get on the Denali Lodge "tour busses" that make the final leg into the lodge. I've hunted the Maclaren R area for caribou many times.

The ratio of men to women has always been skewed in AK. Outside the cities - it's a tough existence. Many women like their pleasures. Don't take well to bathing in the stream when SUMMER water temps are 34F. Think log outhouses are crude. Can't tolerate moose or caribou meat all year. Get lonely when only get 1 or 2 visitors thru the entire summer. But it's the loooong, pitch black, bitter cold winters that take their toll.

Think about this - - it's -50F outside, your only companion on your trip to the outhouse - the Northern Lights. Your hope this time - your hinney won't freeze to the seat and you won't have to BELLER for help. This tends to discourage most women.

Alcoholism & suicide are common in AK. Alaska has the highest adult mortality rate of all 50 states.

 

[ultrarunner]

WoW - I've never been in to the Denali Lodge. You take the Maclaren River road - west from Paxton. Its 36 miles to the Maclaren R. From there you will get on the Denali Lodge "tour busses" that make the final leg into the lodge. I've hunted the Maclaren R area for caribou many times.

The ratio of men to women has always been skewed in AK. Outside the cities - it's a tough existence. Many women like their pleasures. Don't take well to bathing in the stream when SUMMER water temps are 34F. Think log outhouses are crude. Can't tolerate moose or caribou meat all year. Get lonely when only get 1 or 2 visitors thru the entire summer. But it's the loooong, pitch black, bitter cold winters that take their toll.

Think about this - - it's -50F outside, your only companion on your trip to the outhouse - the Northern Lights. Your hope this time - your hinney won't freeze to the seat and you won't have to BELLER for help. This tends to discourage most women.

Alcoholism & suicide are common in AK. Alaska has the highest adult mortality rate of all 50 states.

Learn something every day here on TBN... makes sense and I guess the break-up just hit him real hard and they were rather isolated...

The being able to drive the Model A's to the lodge proved to be a lot of fun... plus very popular with the lodge guests and staff... they were not expecting it but when it was offered they couldn't say no...

The couple now in their 80's that winter in California only do so due to age... but it is amazing the steps California will go in attempt to collect taxes so they document their travel and days in the state very carefully...

 

[oosik]

Yes - the model T clubers were fortunate. I hunted that area as early as 66 & 67. You still had to park at the "end of the public road" parking lot and go the remainder of the way in the park service tour busses. In those days it was called MT McKinley.

A question here - how many have taken a propane torch to the outhouse? Warms the seat and your butt won't freeze to it. H**L - better question - how many have used an outhouse at -40F or colder? There were no fur lined seat in our neck of the woods either.

We were fortunate in Glennallen. The cabin had indoor plumbing. The old oil fired stove never got the bathroom hot enough. Had to keep RV antifreeze in the toilet. Chunked up ice doesn't flush well. Besides don't want to loose the toilet due to breakage from ice.

Believe me - once you get 15 to 20 miles outside "the city" you ARE very isolated. Especially the smaller towns.

Look at a map of Alaska - see the few roads - those are the ONLY paved roads in the state. Everything else is either gravel or dirt. And there are few of those.

God only knows - those were the days.

 

[Doofy]

oosik,
Outhouse memories! Styrofoam was the best thing ever invented for the outhouse seat. I could read a comic book at -40 with Styrofoam.

We had a 2-Holer. When the poopsicle got to high on one side, we moved the seat to the other.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

A question here - how many have taken a propane torch to the outhouse? Warms the seat and your butt won't freeze to it. H**L - better question - how many have used an outhouse at -40F or colder? There were no fur lined seat in our neck of the woods either.

I guess we were smarter than that... In the early days, we brought the seat in and put it by the wood stove. lol

Later on, we made them out of "blue board", sit your butt down in any cold, and almost instantly, you feel the heat from your backside.

SR

 

[oosik]

BTW - the local dealership has acknowledged - the Taco Wagon has crossed the USA/Mexico border. She is heading north folks.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

You better check it when it comes in, to see if anyone is hiding some place in it! lol

SR

 

[oosik]

I guess we never thought of bringing the seat inside. Had our hands full with the torch and a roll of toilet paper. Darn squirrels would chew right thru the plastic lid on a coffee can and make nests of the toilet paper - if left out in the outhouse. Otherwise, a full metal can with metal lid - they would roll it out of the outhouse and you could spend quite a time finding it in the dark. Our log outhouse had a canvas flap door. Didn't stop the squirrels for a minute. We should have nailed the all metal can to the wall of the outhouse - I guess. Live and learn..........

 

[Jstpssng]

BTW - the local dealership has acknowledged - the Taco Wagon has crossed the USA/Mexico border. She is heading north folks.

We'll know the wait is over when you stop posting... your last comment will read "Oosik is on a road trip" :thumbsup:

 

[Doofy]

...or, mounting a step ladder to reach the running boards.