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!
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lituya_Bay
>
> http://wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov/web_tsus/19580710/narrative1.htm
>
>
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