[Az-Geocaching] Geocaching weather

[Robert & Linda Smith]

Gale, why in the world would you give up this wonderful life and come 
down to one of the hottest places in the nation???  If I had the health 
I would love to have a job like that.

Bob Smith, Prescott

Gale wrote:

> Sitka Alaska, worked for the Forest Service. This was when we were in 
> town. When we were out in the field, they paid us to camp in the 
> wilderness. All we did was hike around surveying possible 
> archaeological sites in the way of logging operations. Walking through 
> the Alaskan wilderness, carrying guns in case of bears, watching 
> eagles, seals, wildlife. Then after work, we could fish, or whatever 
> we wanted to. They flew us to isolated areas in little float planes. 
> Sometimes we would take the forest service "yacht" a 56 foot working 
> vessel, piloted by a guy who survived a 1,720 foot tsunami in Lituya 
> Bay in 1958. He told us his story while we were with him. He would set 
> out crabpots and we would eat crab for lunch and dinner. We would also 
> take the small boat along small inlets, into caves via water access, 
> and just cruise around looking at stuff. What a great life!
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> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lituya_Bay 
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> http://wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov/web_tsus/19580710/narrative1.htm
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