Hi. My name is Neil

Posted by NeilMXY 8 years ago to The Gulch: Introductions
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I'm very happy to have landed in the Gulch...

I am in Alaska, and living in my own version of stepping off the mainstream shell game. I'm a productive individual who is interested in meeting like minded folks.

I enjoy Alaska for it's self reliance opportunities - and wonder if there are more people in this group who live on a grid of their own making?

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  • Posted by NeilMXY 8 years ago in reply to this comment.
    Any vehicle can make the McCarthy Road in the summer! Subarus are actually well suited for it!
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  • Posted by DeanStriker 8 years ago in reply to this comment.
    No need to reveal more, but it appears that you are and have-been the real mover/shaker in getting McCarthy up the ladder. Again, kudos!
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  • Posted by NeilMXY 8 years ago in reply to this comment.
    Hey, I remember you too! I still put up the occasional WIJG post it note! Hope you get a chance to visit someday!
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  • Posted by NeilMXY 8 years ago in reply to this comment.
    Thanks Dean, the website does give some idea to the scope of the projects I have been working on in McCarthy.
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  • Posted by DeanStriker 8 years ago in reply to this comment.
    I've made most states except New England, Hawaii, and Alaska. Doubtful I'll make it to any more

    You're in gorgeous country and kudos for your website!
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  • Posted by awebb 8 years ago in reply to this comment.
    Ha! I knew it was you. :)

    We've talked before. You won one of the prizes for the WIJG post-it challenge.

    Still hoping to make it up to your neck of the woods some day...
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  • Posted by NeilMXY 8 years ago in reply to this comment.
    Getting there is part of the adventure. Transporter is available. Current models include your choice: plane or helicopter?
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  • Posted by johnpe1 8 years ago in reply to this comment.
    when a gulcher invents the transporter, I'll be on the
    list to visit next! - the lodge has a very fine score with
    trip advisor! -- j
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  • Posted by NeilMXY 8 years ago in reply to this comment.
    Yes, Wrangell St Elias - surrounded by mountains and glaciers! We are about 400 miles south of the Arctic circle.
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  • Posted by johnpe1 8 years ago in reply to this comment.
    our cruise, on NCL, took us to Ketchikan, Juneau,
    Skagway -- just a taste of Alaska. . you're 'way up
    there in the country! . it is gorgeous, from the little
    which I've seen. . how far are you from the arctic
    circle? . I have a friend who rode his bike up there
    a few years ago -- what an adventure! . I wish that
    I could take my Harley on such a run! -- j

    p.s. I looked you up -- are you mostly east of
    Anchorage, in the middle of the Wrangell-St.Elias
    Park?
    .
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  • Posted by NeilMXY 8 years ago in reply to this comment.
    There are interest facts about the state of Alaska on many sites.

    It's a varied landscape over a scale you witnessed very little of, regardless of how much time one spends traveling around Alaska!

    I just got my first opportunity to spend a short time in the Tongass rainforest on Prince Of Wales island.

    My website is about the work I am doing in my area of Alaska - about 300 miles from Anchorage. I own several tourism related businesses: www.McCarthyLodge.com

    I've homesteaded north of Fairbanks years ago along the Chatanika River.

    Where did travel in Alaska?
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  • Posted by johnpe1 8 years ago
    Welcome, Neil, and please tell us more about
    your beautiful State when you can! . my wife and
    I were there in 09 and fell in love with it. -- john
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  • Posted by NeilMXY 8 years ago in reply to this comment.
    Hi awebb. I'm in McCarthy, Alaska. It's a ghost town I have been restoring since 2001.

    There are about 3 dozen residents who live there year around. We are surrounded by the highest concentration of mountains and glaciers in North America.
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  • Posted by awebb 8 years ago
    Welcome to the Gulch, Neil! Where in Alaska do you reside (if you don't mind my asking)?
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