http://www.rvthereyet.org/2009/07/30/back-to-the-lower-48-%e2%80%93-day-6 Seeing the country......Serving our Lord! Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:36:13 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.rvthereyet.org/2009/07/30/back-to-the-lower-48-%e2%80%93-day-6/comment-page-1#comment-31920 A walk « Mountain Vistas Tue, 04 Aug 2009 03:49:17 +0000 http://www.rvthereyet.org/?p=1205#comment-31920 [...] been enjoying pictures of the Fireweed growing in Alaska on my friend Stephanie’s blog here and here and bemoaning the fact that I couldn’t see it in person, trying to imagine the [...] [...] been enjoying pictures of the Fireweed growing in Alaska on my friend Stephanie’s blog here and here and bemoaning the fact that I couldn’t see it in person, trying to imagine the [...]

]]> http://www.rvthereyet.org/2009/07/30/back-to-the-lower-48-%e2%80%93-day-6/comment-page-1#comment-31916 steph Fri, 31 Jul 2009 15:17:01 +0000 http://www.rvthereyet.org/?p=1205#comment-31916 About your wondering....:-) Fireweed (we have been told) was so named because it is one of the first plants to reclain the land after the forest fire. And about all this wilderness....yes, it is a little unsettling sometimes. Along the road to Eagle there were a few rustic mining sites, but other than that nuttin. And between the Canadian border and Dawson City - ditto. The road is unmaintained in the winter, which is why even the smallest communities (like Chicken) have an air strip. Eagle is totally cut off by road - and obviously the Yukon freezes over. That pretty much leaves your bush planes, dog sleds and snow machines. Folks that live in these hills are indeed a very special breed of person. Not to mention all the darkness that happens. I know I'm not up to it! About your wondering….:-)
Fireweed (we have been told) was so named because it is one of the first plants to reclain the land after the forest fire.
And about all this wilderness….yes, it is a little unsettling sometimes. Along the road to Eagle there were a few rustic mining sites, but other than that nuttin. And between the Canadian border and Dawson City – ditto. The road is unmaintained in the winter, which is why even the smallest communities (like Chicken) have an air strip. Eagle is totally cut off by road – and obviously the Yukon freezes over. That pretty much leaves your bush planes, dog sleds and snow machines. Folks that live in these hills are indeed a very special breed of person. Not to mention all the darkness that happens. I know I’m not up to it!

]]> http://www.rvthereyet.org/2009/07/30/back-to-the-lower-48-%e2%80%93-day-6/comment-page-1#comment-31915 Lynne Fri, 31 Jul 2009 13:44:44 +0000 http://www.rvthereyet.org/?p=1205#comment-31915 This trip looks spectacular. I was wondering... is the fireweed called that because it makes the hills look like they are on fire when it is in bloom, or because it is one of the first things to reclaim the land after a forest fire? Or maybe both? And I was wondering... how does it feel to have so much wilderness around you? It looks like just miles and miles of no people. I've been thinking it must take a special kind of person to live in all that. Were there any side roads off of the 100 miles of dirt highway? And it must be impassable in the winter - no cool overhead poles for the plow to follow. Too much thinking for this rainy day in VT. This trip looks spectacular. I was wondering… is the fireweed called that because it makes the hills look like they are on fire when it is in bloom, or because it is one of the first things to reclaim the land after a forest fire? Or maybe both?
And I was wondering… how does it feel to have so much wilderness around you? It looks like just miles and miles of no people. I’ve been thinking it must take a special kind of person to live in all that. Were there any side roads off of the 100 miles of dirt highway? And it must be impassable in the winter – no cool overhead poles for the plow to follow.
Too much thinking for this rainy day in VT.

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