Back from Alaska part 2!!

[jimnyc]

(Rick - feel free to post whatever you have whenever you want, mine will be coming too, we can do both!! Just no ugly pics of me ya bastard!!)
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Hot damn!! (whole story in itself). When I got back from Alaska for my first trip ever last year, I said it was the best vacation I had ever taken. Now it has some serious competition!!

Alaska is just pure heaven in my mind. L5 is simply pure heaven in my mind. Rick and Sharon are the best friends anyone could ever ask for, and it's pure heaven sharing a vacation with them at the infamous, but hidden and barely to be located, L5 slice of heaven on Earth! I am sworn to secrecy as to it's specific location. It's mine mine mine and all mine!

So I'll have to share more tomorrow and a ton of cool pictures and some videos. 211 total. But I'm too tired, need sleepy right now! While Alaska was simply fantastic, the traveling to and back was horrid. Missed connections, TSA loves me, literally sleepless and stuck in Seattle, late to Ricks's place by a day... then no room in Chicago, change of plans that cost me $300 - but shhhhhh..... at least I had a hotty with me in Chicago, but unfortunately for me, the bitch started chewing on my ear and waking me up at 3am today!! So I got to the airport at like 7pm Saturday night, flight all night long and not a wink of sleep to be had. Land and no hotel room (confort suites inn SUCKS!). But got lucky room at 10am at the Marriott in downtown Chicago, with a MUCH better view.

So, back to the young little lady I had in Chicago....

She was actually half Alaskan, and half Siberian - that's Huskie's anyway!!!

That's right - we actually missed the beginning of the iditarod because of my late arrival. Then it was a miracle, there comes an iditarod sled right up the snow trail down by Talkeetna. He was training for next year with his dogs!! I have videos later. He has puppies available in about 2 months. One of his dogs is part wolf!!

I couldn't wait!

So Rick told me that Sharon could make anything happen in Alaska, she's like the "fixer" and has the answer for everything!! She's just effing awesome!! So she took the challenge - and found "NIKOH" for me on very veryt short notice. Yeps, that's my newest bestest friend in the world's name - my new girlfriend at home - her name is Nikoh, which is Alaskan Athabaskan for "big" i believe. Many other great choices, but she looks like a Nikoh to me. She has one blue eye and one brown eye and she is stunningly beautiful. I will be back with mucho updates, pictures and some videos. But here's a pic of Nikoh and myself just home. Another photo of her & also a short video of her playing already with the cat!! And yes, no shaving allowed in Alaska - and I lost just over 20 pounds there!! Rick tried to kill me!! LOL About 250 miles of snow machine riding, and many crashes and flipping and digging myself out of MANY very DEEP snow piles!! Many moose to come!! Saw a fox too, no phone ready though. Only a few eagles this time, but it was -10 the first night there!!!

[jimnyc]

Ok, seeya all tomorrow, I need to collapse and sleep. I got like 2 hours in last 48. Too much excitement, anxiety, playing with pup - and fearing divorce and death from Diana!!

While she ain't thrilled, and I'll be "paying" for this - I see it in her eyes - and as I type this, the pup is with HER in the other room on HER bed!!!

[hjmick]

Her bed?



(Yes, that's my takeaway...)

[jimnyc]

Man, still can't thank Sharon and Rick enough. And the entirety of their family. Tanner was SO helpful in helping me pull the starter cable on my machine a few thousand times. Jim is Rick's brother, and was accepting of me in the cabin and very helpful. Sharon's daughter Veronica was so nice to me at the house!! They all made me feel like family, and that's special when you're 4500 miles from home in another world away. I owe them all something special, for bringing something so special to me, that gave me memories that will last a lifetime!

So my first stop was Las Vegas. I arrived there in anxiety attack mode and was not well. That kinda killed any gambling and fun when you are riding solo with anxiety. Of course I still toughed it a tad to try the slots, and then walk a bit and see the cool chicks in bikinis and Batman and Mickey and other weird shit in Vegas. And the hotels are HUGE there!

This is Caesar's Palace, across from Harrah's where I stayed. Casear's Palace is like a million miles long, and must have a million rooms! I made the mistake of going in there and I got lost!



Here is the board in front of Harrah's where I stayed.



The Mirage



Another shot of Harrah's



A small shot of the monster Caesar's



Here is where the shooting was, the Mandalay Bay. This was miles away from where I stayed at the end of the strip, so this shot is from the airport



The deathmobile! This is why I was late, the door lost a HUGE screw, and they waited 2 hours for a part before we left.



The plane with the entire strip in the background



The whole strip



Takeoff, with the strip in the background. Passing the Mandalay Bay towards the end, I panned down and you see the large field where the shooting/concert was.

[jimnyc]

Heading towards Talkeetna in the beginning. Didn't take long to find some moose!!



We got within like 30 feet of her!





Here is Mr. Moose and my second shout out to Abbey!



We made it to the cabin, just in time as it dropped to -10 degrees on night #1. I nearly froze to death!!!



The sauna off to the right, but too cold to think about a sauna!!



Front step side view with a few sleds



The cabin was freezing to death too!!

[jimnyc]

So on the first night I was in anxiety mode, completely exhausted and out of it. I layed down at like 10 or so and must have instantly fell asleep. I woke at 3am cause I was freezing the family jewels off! I came into the main area of the cabin and everyone was gone!!

I was like "WTF" at 3am. Then a little while later Rick and friends pulled up on the machines closer towards 5am or so. The diesel fuel ran out and that gives the heat!! So these crazy 4 or 5 bastards hopped on the sleds at 3am in -10 temps to make a 40 mile ride to go get diesel out of the back of Rick's truck.

Bad enough, Jim, his brother, kinda crashed and messed up his sled. The worst part being leaving his hands exposed. Imagine hitting 25-50 miles per hour, open faced, hands freezing, in -10 temps!! So they stopped every few minutes to stop sleds - as Rick was riding "Excalibur", which is the Cadillac of sleds, with heated grips and heat blowing out of her. Not to mention you don't feel the bumps thanks to the 16" shocks on her! Originally, I was on a girls sled, with no heated grips and broken shocks!! I broke my back in 97 different places before I graduated to the RMK 600 and the Skandic for the majority of the rest of the trip.

[High_Plains_Drifter]

Man, still can't thank Sharon and Rick enough. And the entirety of their family. Tanner was SO helpful in helping me pull the starter cable on my machine a few thousand times. Jim is Rick's brother, and was accepting of me in the cabin and very helpful. Sharon's daughter Veronica was so nice to me at the house!! They all made me feel like family, and that's special when you're 4500 miles from home in another world away. I owe them all something special, for bringing something so special to me, that gave me memories that will last a lifetime!

So my first stop was Las Vegas. I arrived there in anxiety attack mode and was not well. That kinda killed any gambling and fun when you are riding solo with anxiety. Of course I still toughed it a tad to try the slots, and then walk a bit and see the cool chicks in bikinis and Batman and Mickey and other weird shit in Vegas. And the hotels are HUGE there!

This is Caesar's Palace, across from Harrah's where I stayed. Casear's Palace is like a million miles long, and must have a million rooms! I made the mistake of going in there and I got lost!

Here is the board in front of Harrah's where I stayed.


The Mirage

Another shot of Harrah's

A small shot of the monster Caesar's


Here is where the shooting was, the Mandalay Bay. This was miles away from where I stayed at the end of the strip, so this shot is from the airport


The deathmobile! This is why I was late, the door lost a HUGE screw, and they waited 2 hours for a part before we left.


The plane with the entire strip in the background


The whole strip


Takeoff, with the strip in the background. Passing the Mandalay Bay towards the end, I panned down and you see the large field where the shooting/concert was.

Great pics... I lived there for almost 4 years... hardly recognize the place now.

Nice to see a "high roller" go there though and share pics.

I went down there from Reno in 2006 to pick up my dumbass son who went down there with some skank old broad that was his sugar mama. He called me up and said that if I didn't pick him up he'd be dead in a week. His woman and her friends said they'd be expecting me and said they'd "shoot me on sight." I told my son to tell that bitch that I'd be showing up a few Vagos and we'd all be packing. I did get a Vagos escort and none of them were in sight. We even looked for them... they would have gotten a "tune up" biker style for threatening me.

[NT'sGirl]

So Rick told me that Sharon could make anything happen in Alaska, she's like the "fixer" and has the answer for everything!! She's just effing awesome!! So she took the challenge - and found "NIKOH" for me on very veryt short notice. Yeps, that's my newest bestest friend in the world's name - my new girlfriend at home - her name is Nikoh, which is Alaskan Athabaskan for "big" i believe.

So if your dogs are like my dogs and have to have a middle name, a good Athabaskan name would be Nikoh Lin means Big dog

[jimnyc]

So if your dogs are like my dogs and have to have a middle name, a good Athabaskan name would be Nikoh Lin means Big dog

Hey Sharon!!!!!!

That's a dang good idea, and like I told you, the woman's middle name is "Lynn", so she may like that! I think it's perfect!

"Nikoh Lin"

[jimnyc]

Very short vid, but gives you a great shot of her face and eyes!!

[jimnyc]

Damn, not as many pics/vids this time around. For the first half of the trip, I wore cargo pants, more to hold things in the pockets - like my cell phone on the right side. But then you slip on the snowsuit up above your neck, and then I had my Steelers jacket on zipped up to my neck. So if you wanted a fairly quick picture, like when out on the snowmachines, I had to zip down both as far as possible, and then try and reach into my pocket as if I was wearing a straight jacket.

So then on like day 4 or 5, I was telling Sharon that I would like to have her Mom make me an inside pocket for my jacket, which was always a must for me. She said of course, and then I explained why. She then walked over, hit the SAME little zipper on my chest on the outside of the jacket, just like Rick's, which is likely made for a cell or smokes. Didn't even know she was there, and boy did I feel like a dummy!!

We really needed Sharon, for sure she is the brains of the operation. So when we had a few drinks, and Sharon was back home....

We decided we were going to make Reuben sandwiches for dinner, at like 9pm. So what do we do? Rick calls Sharon to ask how to make them! Even though all of the separate pieces were ready, just a matter of heating her up and sticking it into my belly.

Well then Rick called a 2nd time because we were a little confused. Then he called a 3rd time as we wanted to do it right. Then he called a 4th time to ask if we were supposed to butter the bread. Then he called a 5th time, as I think we drank too much, and then forgot if we had to butter the bread or not! LOL

Poor Sharon, I could hear in the background laughing with frustration - "Damn guys, I didn't know it was so hard to made a damn sandwich". I was cracking up!!

[jimnyc]

And oh boy, I'll tell this little story before Rick gets to it!

So Sharon brought out a HUGE box of Fireball whiskey or death juice as I like to call it now. Pop a little square out on both sides and get like 2 little dials to pour your drinks. The first night, Sharon still there and in control, I had a nice 'ol buzz and slept great!

Well, she then went home, and left the men to play.

I forgot when to stop. And we had so much dang fun, and I guess some of it layed dormant inside me, waiting for just the right time...

So, there is this outhouse about 30 yards or so away from the house. And boy oh boy was that seat COLD to sit on. So naturally, out to the right of the cabin, where no one goes, just may have been a rather small but then grew rather large, spot where the men turned the snow yellow. And boy did she grow over some time!!

So Jim got absolutely hammered. I mean hammered! I was sleepwalking, sleep sitting in the chair, walking into walls and just all around good fun!! Then Rick told me I should go to bed, probably tiring of making sure I didn't kill myself.

Well, then I decided I needed to go just one last time before I crawl under the blankets in the nice warm cabin! So out I went. And that's about all I remember, as I kinda maybe might have blacked out a tad. But when you land face first in 4 feet of snow, it tends to wake you rather quickly. Now all I knew is that I was cold, and I was in the snow. I rolled over and tried to crawl back onto the snow covered deck, but I was sliding in the snow and kinda almost falling underneath the cabin!! I had to work kinda hard to get back on solid ground. And as I walked to the front door, wiping myself off, there comes along Joe. I saw it in his face. He just stared for 30 seconds or so. And then he said it, and it all became real - "Jim, did you just fall in the pee hole?"

And I thought for a few seconds, and realized and came to reality with what just happened, and I kinda fake cried talked and replied "I'm afraid I may have, Joe", of course in shock now with what I may have landed in. But I was drunker than a skunk, cleaned off and went to bed, not even caring.

Until the next morning, when all was quiet as us hungover men sat with our first coffee for the day. And then among all the quiet, Rick says "so I heard you fell in the pee hole".

A shit, EFF ME!!!