What makes you a Sourdough?

[Music_Man]

Originally Posted by rhiannon67

I could do that Have skinny-dipped in glacial run-off up in the Sierra Nevadas during March. I think it was about 7000 ft. Also have gone in the little Susitna River just recently... I don't know how cold the Yukon is relative to these others but it can't be that far off.

River swimming is exhilarating.

Interesting! The people who own the cabin next to mine did a raft trip on the little Su and had a funny story about one in their party "going" over the front of the raft as they rounded a corner with a lot of people on the bank.

[Metlakatla]

Originally Posted by 6.7traveler

The local labor pool is that bad that you have to ship in workers? Not blaming you, just curious. Does this mean a hard working young guy can find work in the southeast fishing industry? What are the requirements, not showing up for work drunk ?

I don't agree with the Mormons religious views, but have to hand it to them that they are some of the hardest working, nicest people I've ever met. I'm glad to have some as neighbors. It's hard not to like them. They definitely won't be showing up to work drunk.

We have a certain amount of local workers who come back every year because they want to work summers and chill during the off time, so it works well for them. But most locals need year-round work, which is understandable, so yeah, locals who want to work seasonal are in fairly short supply. Most businesses are short handed here during the summer. In good fish years, hardworking young guys that come to work here are usually poached away by seine captains, although it didn't work that way this year because crew shares were nothing.

Importing has its drawbacks, too. Had to put one guy off the property in June because of his drinking and hitting on women, me included. I can't believe the asshat had the nerve; it was one wtf moment after another for awhile there.

[Arktikos]

Article from the ADN, regarding what makes someone a "true Alaskan"

"....Level Six -- You live completely off the grid. Only a handful of people know where you are -- probably somewhere in the Kobuk or Chandalar River Valleys or deep in the Wrangell Mountains. You trap, hunt, fish, gather and save for a battery-powered radio, have no contact with the outside world. However, you aren't consumed with the notion that you are a true Alaskan because you consider the bush pilot who delivers your mail and supplies twice a year the truest Alaskan of them all.

In truth, being a true Alaskan isn't what toys you own, where in the state you reside, what activities you engage in or how long you've lived here. It's what you think -- a state of mind."

[riceme]

Originally Posted by rhiannon67

I could do that Have skinny-dipped in glacial run-off up in the Sierra Nevadas during March. I think it was about 7000 ft. Also have gone in the little Susitna River just recently... I don't know how cold the Yukon is relative to these others but it can't be that far off.

River swimming is exhilarating.

Yay!! I've swam in Sierra snowmelt at about 7500-8000ft and also have yet to find out which is colder, but I intend to find out. Sierra snowmelt was damn cold, for sure.

[AKStafford]

Originally Posted by Metlakatla

Katzpur -- couldn't help but notice your status. I'm looking for Mormons to come to work for me next summer. Interested?

Call BYU and see if they'll let you recruit some students: https://home.byu.edu/home/

[Curmudgeon]

Being originally from San Francisco?

[AKStafford]

Originally Posted by Curmudgeon

Being originally from San Francisco?

We got some sourdough when we were in San Francisco a few years ago. That was some good stuff!

[Curmudgeon]

Originally Posted by AKStafford

We got some sourdough when we were in San Francisco a few years ago. That was some good stuff!

That and Anchor Steam beer are about the only good things to come out of San Francisco in my opinion. Can you get either of them in Alaska?