For Ann -
...Till I came to the marge of Lake Lebarge, and a derelict there lay;
It was jammed in the ice, but I saw in a trice it was called the "Alice
May."
And I looked at it, and I thought a bit, and I looked at my frozen chum;
Then "Here," said I, with a sudden cry, "is my cre-ma-tor-eum."
Some planks I tore from the cabin floor, and I lit the boiler fire;
Some coal I found that was lying around, and I heaped the fuel higher;
The flames just soared, and the furnace roared—such a blaze you seldom see;
And I burrowed a hole in the glowing coal, and I stuffed in Sam McGee.
Then I made a hike, for I didn't like to hear him sizzle so;
And the heavens scowled, and the huskies howled, and the wind began to blow.
It was icy cold, but the hot sweat rolled down my cheeks, and I don't
know why;
And the greasy smoke in an inky cloak went streaking down the sky.
I do not know how long in the snow I wrestled with grisly fear;
But the stars came out and they danced about ere again I ventured near;
I was sick with dread, but I bravely said: "I'll just take a peep inside.
I guess he's cooked, and it's time I looked"; ... then the door I opened
wide.
And there sat Sam, looking cool and calm, in the heart of the furnace roar;
And he wore a smile you could see a mile, and he said: "Please close
that door.
It's fine in here, but I greatly fear you'll let in the cold and storm—
Since I left Plumtree, down in Tennessee, it's the first time I've been
warm."
-p
On 11/16/2015 10:45 AM, ann sanfedele wrote:
Found this while I was working on the calendarand researching stuff ..
kind a neat site. I offered them/him one more Tutshi shot from "before"
but
never got a response:-(
a
http://www.steamboats.org/traveller/yukon-chena-river/s-s-tutshi.html
On 11/16/2015 3:25 AM, Bob W-PDML wrote:
#29 is very much impressive - it could be Noah's Ark!
B
On 15 Nov 2015, at 16:49, ann sanfedele <ann...@nyc.rr.com> wrote:
Don't know where Ken is... You'll have to settle for some of minefor
the moment.
These are the photos in the Up the Alcan calendar plusa few more...
https://annsan.smugmug.com/WorksinProg/Unfinishedalcan/n-2bspQh/
Darren - the area around THE mountain in the park is all tundra-
scruffy low lying vegetation
and a lot of gravel and mud... but along the georgepark between
denali and Anchorage there
is pretty fall stuff - and south of Anchorage as well..
To Stan's excellent suggestions I will emphasize again purchasing The
Milepostasap - it
is invaluableand better than most stuff on the web I think.
Thanks to everyone who bought the calendar, btw - the order is in...
ann
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