Alaska OT

On Sun, 28 Mar 2004 15:01:21 +1200, Bev wrote:

Kreisleriana wrote:

On 27 Mar 2004 16:47:01 -0800, (Tish S) yodeled:

Bon voyage Bev - hope you have a wonderful trip! Don't forget the
mosquito repellant for Alaska, I gather that the blackflies and
mozzies in Alaska are quite fierce!


It's the state bird.

Theresa

I never connected mosquitos with Alaska, will put mozzie repellant on my
list!!!! The worst place for mozzies in New Zealand is our South
Island. Down there they are as big as sparrows, lol.

Bev

I would have never connected mosquitos with Alaska, either, before
being stationed there in the mid-70s. I lived in the barracks, and
woke one morning about 3AM to the sounds of smacking sounds. The
mosquitos had arrived, and people were up smacking them with shower
shoes.
--
Steve Touchstone,
faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Rocky

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Bev wrote:

"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" wrote:



Evelyn, I sure hope to meet LA members. I don't know how many live in
LA. When we have been to LA in the past we have always stayed with my
cousin in Burbank. We possibly will this time but as she is now in her
eighties and I am not sure about her health we might just grab a motel
and have people visit us there. When I have it all organised I will
post our addy and phone number in LA. We won't be doing any driving in
LA for obvious reasons, i.e. we drive on the other side of the road and
traffic in LA terrifies me, lol. So people will have to visit us.

I can sympathize! I learned to drive in LA, so that doesn't bother me
(although I try to avoid freeways whenever possible, and find as I grow
older I tend to limit any night driving). However, the car rental
company would have to pay ME to drive in NYC (and even then, I'd
refuse)!



Bev
--
I got rid of my husband. The cat was allergic.

Kreisleriana wrote:

On 27 Mar 2004 16:47:01 -0800, (Tish S) yodeled:

Bon voyage Bev - hope you have a wonderful trip! Don't forget the
mosquito repellant for Alaska, I gather that the blackflies and
mozzies in Alaska are quite fierce!


It's the state bird.

Really? I thought that was Minnesota! (I remember the Paul Bunyan
story about the bee who fell in love with a mosquito, and the next
summer "the mosquitos all came equipped with stingers at both ends" - it
sometimes felt like it!)


Theresa
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Single-mindedness is all very well in cows or baboons; in an animal
claiming to belong to the same species as Shakespeare it is simply disgraceful.
(Aldous Huxley)

Bev wrote:

Kreisleriana wrote:

On 27 Mar 2004 16:47:01 -0800, (Tish S) yodeled:

Bon voyage Bev - hope you have a wonderful trip! Don't forget the
mosquito repellant for Alaska, I gather that the blackflies and
mozzies in Alaska are quite fierce!


It's the state bird.

Theresa
alt.tv.frasier FAQ: http://www.im-listening.net/FAQ/

Single-mindedness is all very well in cows or baboons; in an animal
claiming to belong to the same species as Shakespeare it is simply disgraceful.
(Aldous Huxley)

I never connected mosquitos with Alaska, will put mozzie repellant on my
list!!!! The worst place for mozzies in New Zealand is our South
Island. Down there they are as big as sparrows, lol.

According to my niece who lives there, that's true of Alaska, too!
(Also, Alaska's summer may be short, but it is also VERY humid - I'm not
sure what a New Zealand summer is like, although I know parts of
Australia are very desert-like.)



Bev
--
I got rid of my husband. The cat was allergic.

"Bev" wrote in message
...
"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" wrote:

Bev wrote:

We have just booked a cruise to Alaska and hope to meet members
of the
group who might be unlucky enough to be in our path lol.

Here it is. We leave New Zealand on the 1st August and fly to
San
Francisco for 3 days then onto to Vancouver for three days then do
the
two week cruise ending at Fairbanks. From there (tentatively) we
hope
to fly to Las Vegas where we will make enough money to pay for the
trip,
rofl and from there to Burbank, have a few days in LA and fly
home.
Wheeeeeeeeee.

Any chance you'll have time to meet LA rpca members? (North
Hollywood
is more or less adjacent to Burbank.)


Haven't told the cats yet!!! Thought they might have to go into a
cattery but I think Kay (Ollie's x-slave) will be prepared to
house-sit
the kitties for the month we are away. She is between houses and
wants
to do a bit of house sitting for fun!

We have been away for a few days and put the kitties in the
dreaded cat
house with Kay's daughter Mandy (she lives next door) in charge.
Everything went swimmingly, the house is very cozy. Mandy thought
seriously about letting them out but thought she might never catch
them!!

Bev

--
I got rid of my husband. The cat was allergic.

Evelyn, I sure hope to meet LA members. I don't know how many live
in
LA. When we have been to LA in the past we have always stayed with
my
cousin in Burbank. We possibly will this time but as she is now in
her
eighties and I am not sure about her health we might just grab a motel
and have people visit us there. When I have it all organised I will
post our addy and phone number in LA. We won't be doing any driving
in
LA for obvious reasons, i.e. we drive on the other side of the road
and
traffic in LA terrifies me, lol. So people will have to visit us.

Bev
--
I got rid of my husband. The cat was allergic.

I don't blame you, Bev! I've lived within 40 miles of L.A. all my life.
I drive here, but I don't particularly like it. I wouldn't drive when I
went to Australia, and the traffic isn't nearly as bad there as it is
here, even in Sydney.

I hope we can have a "meet" of everyone who lives in the L.A. area.
Evelyn got her message in before I read yours, or I'd have suggested it.

Joy

My mother lives in Alaska. The mozzies are only bad there for about a
month, and I've managed to miss them every time I visit, which is
usually in August.

I'm sure you'll enjoy the cruise. You'll see some beautiful country and
some awesome glaciers and icebergs. You'll probably see some wildlife,
too.

--
Joy

Life is what happens to you while you are planning to do something else.


"Tish S" wrote in message
om...
Bon voyage Bev - hope you have a wonderful trip! Don't forget the
mosquito repellant for Alaska, I gather that the blackflies and
mozzies in Alaska are quite fierce!

Tish
happy for Bev and furiously scratching my itchy feet!

Bev wrote in message
...
We have just booked a cruise to Alaska and hope to meet members of
the
group who might be unlucky enough to be in our path lol.

Here it is. We leave New Zealand on the 1st August and fly to San
Francisco for 3 days then onto to Vancouver for three days then do
the
two week cruise ending at Fairbanks. From there (tentatively) we
hope
to fly to Las Vegas where we will make enough money to pay for the
trip,
rofl and from there to Burbank, have a few days in LA and fly home.
Wheeeeeeeeee.

Haven't told the cats yet!!! Thought they might have to go into a
cattery but I think Kay (Ollie's x-slave) will be prepared to
house-sit
the kitties for the month we are away. She is between houses and
wants
to do a bit of house sitting for fun!

We have been away for a few days and put the kitties in the dreaded
cat
house with Kay's daughter Mandy (she lives next door) in charge.
Everything went swimmingly, the house is very cozy. Mandy thought
seriously about letting them out but thought she might never catch
them!!

Bev

"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" wrote in
message ...


Bev wrote:

Kreisleriana wrote:

On 27 Mar 2004 16:47:01 -0800, (Tish S)
yodeled:

Bon voyage Bev - hope you have a wonderful trip! Don't forget
the
mosquito repellant for Alaska, I gather that the blackflies and
mozzies in Alaska are quite fierce!


It's the state bird.

Theresa
alt.tv.frasier FAQ: http://www.im-listening.net/FAQ/

Single-mindedness is all very well in cows or baboons; in an
animal
claiming to belong to the same species as Shakespeare it is simply
disgraceful.
(Aldous Huxley)

I never connected mosquitos with Alaska, will put mozzie repellant
on my
list!!!! The worst place for mozzies in New Zealand is our South
Island. Down there they are as big as sparrows, lol.

According to my niece who lives there, that's true of Alaska, too!
(Also, Alaska's summer may be short, but it is also VERY humid - I'm
not
sure what a New Zealand summer is like, although I know parts of
Australia are very desert-like.)



Bev
--
I got rid of my husband. The cat was allergic.

I've never noticed the humidity when I visited in the summer. Of course
different areas may differ. Valdez doesn't get as hot as Fairbanks, for
instance. In Valdez, if it's 80 F, it's hot! Fairbanks can get up into
the 90's.

Joy

On Sat, 27 Mar 2004 21:11:32 -0800, EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) wrote
(in article ):



Bev wrote:

"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" wrote:



Evelyn, I sure hope to meet LA members. I don't know how many live in
LA. When we have been to LA in the past we have always stayed with my
cousin in Burbank. We possibly will this time but as she is now in her
eighties and I am not sure about her health we might just grab a motel
and have people visit us there. When I have it all organised I will
post our addy and phone number in LA. We won't be doing any driving in
LA for obvious reasons, i.e. we drive on the other side of the road and
traffic in LA terrifies me, lol. So people will have to visit us.

I can sympathize! I learned to drive in LA, so that doesn't bother me
(although I try to avoid freeways whenever possible, and find as I grow
older I tend to limit any night driving). However, the car rental
company would have to pay ME to drive in NYC (and even then, I'd
refuse)!

I had to drive briefly in Japan, they to drive on the wrong side of the
road. I kept turning on the windshield wipers when I meant to give a
turn signal and a traffic circle almost did me in. But what is really
dangerous is you look in the wrong direction first out of habit at
intersections.

Have a great trip, Bev. Looking forward to the pics.
Best wishes,
--
Polonca & Soncek

"Bev" wrote in message
...
We have just booked a cruise to Alaska and hope to meet members of the
group who might be unlucky enough to be in our path lol.
snip

Yoj wrote:

My mother lives in Alaska. The mozzies are only bad there for about a
month, and I've managed to miss them every time I visit, which is
usually in August.

I'm sure you'll enjoy the cruise. You'll see some beautiful country and
some awesome glaciers and icebergs. You'll probably see some wildlife,
too.

--
Joy

Life is what happens to you while you are planning to do something else.

"Tish S" wrote in message
om...
Bon voyage Bev - hope you have a wonderful trip! Don't forget the
mosquito repellant for Alaska, I gather that the blackflies and
mozzies in Alaska are quite fierce!

Tish
happy for Bev and furiously scratching my itchy feet!

Bev wrote in message
...
We have just booked a cruise to Alaska and hope to meet members of
the
group who might be unlucky enough to be in our path lol.

Here it is. We leave New Zealand on the 1st August and fly to San
Francisco for 3 days then onto to Vancouver for three days then do
the
two week cruise ending at Fairbanks. From there (tentatively) we
hope
to fly to Las Vegas where we will make enough money to pay for the
trip,
rofl and from there to Burbank, have a few days in LA and fly home.
Wheeeeeeeeee.

Haven't told the cats yet!!! Thought they might have to go into a
cattery but I think Kay (Ollie's x-slave) will be prepared to
house-sit
the kitties for the month we are away. She is between houses and
wants
to do a bit of house sitting for fun!

We have been away for a few days and put the kitties in the dreaded
cat
house with Kay's daughter Mandy (she lives next door) in charge.
Everything went swimmingly, the house is very cozy. Mandy thought
seriously about letting them out but thought she might never catch
them!!

Bev

Wildlife is always at the top of my priorities. I am getting very
excited already, When we went on our trip to Ireland and did a tour
through Sweden, etc. one of my nicest memories is of meeting Lena, her
parents and of course delightful kitties, also Elisabet. I have
already arranged to meet Junebug in Vancouver - three days there. Am
looking forward to Las Vegas - we last visited there in 1980 so guess
there will be big changes (John, we would love to meet you in Las
Vegas).

We have been to LA several times because we had some much loved cousins
there, sadly our cousin is now deceased and his wife in her eighties. I
don't know what her health is like - visitors may be too much for her
so we may just centre ourselves at a motel and see everyone from there -
would like to meet as many rpca people as we can. Incidentally we love
America and Americans - people there have always been wonderful to us.
We did a house exchange in Canada several years ago and found people
there very stand-offish. The people in the houses next door hardly
spoke to us and when we asked directions in Toronto there wasn't a smile
in sight!!!!
Must stop rambling, lol.

New Zealand temperatures are temperate - here in Napier it is 15c
average in winter (June, July and August). Spring is September
October. Our summer temps rarely reach over 30c and are usually around
26c in January February. We don't get snow in Napier so it is quite an
experience when we strike it anywhere else.

Bev