Where are the comments, people?
Hi Ron -
Did you intentionally take your article off-line? It hasn’t been available for a few days. I’ve still got 3 or 4 pages to go! The is an check box in the article editor that can make it invisible. Unless it was intentional, make sure that it is set to visible.
Thanks -
Jon
I have added yet another chapter to this series. Your comments would be appreciated. If you read it, please be courteous and take to the time to enter your remarks here.
Ron -
Thanks for putting the article back up. I’m now through chapter 10 and I find it fascinating reading. I’m hoping that you go back to the background story at some point. The jump from going back to work on the pipeline and starting to collect “G” is a pretty big gap. I’m very interested in both your railroad AND the back story of the project.
I have the distinct feeling that you are going to explain the visions of Kennecott as something more than a feeling of deja-vu. When I was very young (under 12) I often had memories of things I’d never done before. I can’t remember any of the details now, but I do remember that at the time it was powerful stuff. As a result I have a very open mind when it comes to such things.
Your writing style is very reader friendly and holds my interest. The wonderful photographs and drawings add to the experience. Thanks for taking the time to make the illustrations enlargeable. I click them all.
Don’t let the lack of comment posts discourage you. Perhaps this group is just not the commenting type.
Jon
Ron,
Having read your book, I am familiar with your writing style and enjoy it, plus the chronological order here gives some depth to the whole story. I’m afraid my own is not near as interesting. 
It does sometimes take me a few days to catch up on your large additions to the articles. Please keep it available.
I am already working on my next segment where we return to the railroad and begin to see it as I did three decades ago when I first arrived in Chitina. It should be in place sometime Saturday. Pleasant reading and let me know what you think. --Ron
Ron,
With that many installments I’ll print it to read while relaxing. :o
Ric Golding said:
Ron,Having read your book, I am familiar with your writing style and enjoy it, plus the chronological order here gives some depth to the whole story. I’m afraid my own is not near as interesting.
Thank you for that. I have just added the fourteenth segment to this story, which is part 13 (intro plus thirteen more parts makes fourteen). All of these segments are short, but also contain a number of images and maps.
–Ron
Let me know when you’re all caught up so I can proceed. I will be waiting out here somewhere.
–Ron
I’m still on dialup, so even with this new whiz-bang computer it can be excruciating waiting for pages with lots of images to load. Hopefully I’ll be able to get dsl soon and can catch up then.
Ray Dunakin said:Know what you mean. In the bar all I have is dial-up. Some nights when it is not busy (almost all of them in the winter) I get on line. It is excruciating waiting for those pictures to load on that set-up. All of the images I use are low-resolution images for fast loading, though.
I'm still on dialup, so even with this new whiz-bang computer it can be excruciating waiting for pages with lots of images to load. Hopefully I'll be able to get dsl soon and can catch up then.
My regards,
–Ron
Interesting statement - “Some nights when it is not busy (almost all of them in the winter)”.
I would have thought the winter would be prime bar time. Football and NASCAR around here fills the bars and restaurants.
I would assume that at 50 below people are more encouraged to stay home “by the fire” than risk venturing out. Cars don’t like to start. Belts break and one’s butt tends to freeze rather quickly. 
Ric Golding said:
Interesting statement - "Some nights when it is not busy (almost all of them in the winter)".I would have thought the winter would be prime bar time. Football and NASCAR around here fills the bars and restaurants.
There is no real economy here in the winter. Even pipeline maintenance activities become minimal due to extreme cold weather, snow and blowing winds in the passes. Most activity here at the bar occurs on Saturday with the billiards tournament.
Warren Mumpower said:At minus 50 I don't even open the bar because the chances of something going wrong out there on the road is far too great. This morning it is minus 30, by the way--the coldest it has been so far this winter.
I would assume that at 50 below people are more encouraged to stay home "by the fire" than risk venturing out. Cars don't like to start. Belts break and one's butt tends to freeze rather quickly. :(
Ron Simpson said:Been in that kind of weather a couple times, and I can truthfully say "Noooooooooooooooooo thankyou"
This morning it is minus 30, by the way--the coldest it has been so far this winter.
I have added another segment to my article.
Ron Simpson said:Ric Golding said:
Interesting statement - "Some nights when it is not busy (almost all of them in the winter)".I would have thought the winter would be prime bar time. Football and NASCAR around here fills the bars and restaurants.
There is no real economy here in the winter. Even pipeline maintenance activities become minimal due to extreme cold weather, snow and blowing winds in the passes. Most activity here at the bar occurs on Saturday with the billiards tournament.
I can say - “I know that”, but I actually don’t relate to it. Cold to us is not that extreme and yet when it does get cold, for around here, we do stay home. Actually goes exactly the same for the extreme heat. Please excuse the out of place questions or statements. I try to relate to the cold of Winter, but it is on a totally different level than some of you guys.
Ric Golding said:The somewhat extreme nature of the climate here as well as the relative remoteness is an essential part of the history. It IS different than anywhere else in the USA not so much in intensity as in duration. Our summer is four months, if we're lucky and the rest of it is winter. In the view of many of us who live in the interior, there is no real spring or fall, although some days may resemble those, the transition from winter to summer and back again is very rapid.
I can say - "I know that", but I actually don't relate to it. Cold to us is not that extreme and yet when it does get cold, for around here, we do stay home. Actually goes exactly the same for the extreme heat. Please excuse the out of place questions or statements. I try to relate to the cold of Winter, but it is on a totally different level than some of you guys.
Most interesting. I have a personal concern that my wife considers it Winter if it drops below 70 degrees and I think its Summer if its above 60 degrees. For us, life is a bunch of compromises and “Yes Dear s”.