The Bunkhouse

Above is a picture taken from the back door of the bunk house.  The open wood door back there goes into the bathroom with a shower for me to use.  Around the corner in the back is a bunkbed, and to the right is a normal twin bed which Im using.  Everything in this bunkhouse was built by Lee himself...everything from the wood cabinets, soldering on the water heater, to the paint on the walls.

Below is a picture taken from the front doors angle.  We eat our meals on the island in the middle, and make our coffe with the can in the bottom left corner. 

A couple horses and a bright night picture

Above are two of Lee's 22 horses..below is a picture I took at 11:00pm the other night...to the north.

This is Lee's old International...its just sitting in the back of one of his barns.  Below is a picture of a couple buggys.  The one on the right (green and black) is an original made over 100 years ago, the other is a remake I guess.

Work Trucks

This is one of Lee's old trucks we use for work.  I think he said its a 51 Dodge, but it doesn't look like it.  It rides good in the back of the woods where the ground is really rough.

This is Lee's Vietnam truck he uses to haul big loads in.  He's driving this right now 350 miles to Anchorage to pick up some sand for a project.  Its 9:40 am here now he probably wont be back til late tonight.

This is the neighbors Elk.  He has a game ranch with Bison and Elk.  They have probably 500 acres or so to roam around, but they relally like the far corner over here which happens to be like 50 yards from my bunkhouse.

Day 3

I already posted a Day 3 but this Dial up crap musta lagged it out and deleted it.  On day 3 I woke up at about 8:00am, today Lee brought out the percolator for the coffee so that we weren't drinking grounds.  I got assigned a few simple tasks and learned to drive the tractors......zzz Its really day 4 now and I'm going to bed, tired, sick of typing...wish my Day 3 post didn't disappear on me...oh well...gnight

I'll try to get more pics up asap, they are taking too long right now to upload.  Gnight from Delta Junction AK!!!!

Day 4

May 31^st 2011. Today I woke up at 6:40 (My alarm was set for 6:45) to Mud (Lee's Dog) licking my face. I guess I woke up late, he told me we had to be ready by 8. He got kind of grumpy so I got the same. He ate his usual bowl of cereal with nasty yogurt and left the bunkhouse without any coffee. By the way, he's got a house about a 1/4 of a mile up the way where he sleeps, and we share a kitchen in the bunkhouse because it's more energy efficient. I stayed behind as he drove to the shop a mile up the road to work. I made my coffee and walked the mile. Once I got there he was all happy and talkative again, you can tell he really likes working on his ranch. I swept one of his shops, spread about 100sq feet of dirt for a farm, helped him move some cinder blocks for his new house project, checked the horses water trough, drove the tractor up and down the mile long road moving wood 4 times, and cooked lunch and dinner for us. I made cheeseburgers for lunch, Lee liked them a lot and said "Your Hired" after eating them lol. After working for about 11 hours I BBQ'd up some pork chops and made a couple baked potatoes. I thought that would be a good dinner. Lee went to grab mustard, dill pickles, and hot sauce from the fridge. Lol had no idea what he could be eating those with. He again complimented me on the meal and mentioned that he needed to go to Anchorage tomorrow for some sand. Its like a 350-mile ride so he'll be gone all day. I helped him load up his gear for the long drive tomorrow and he told me he'd be back Wednesday night (tomorrow). So here I am now, creating this book/blog lol because I got a lot of free time ahead of me.  Im on a dial up computer by the way, this is so slow. 

I tried to upload more pics but it was taking forever so I gave up.  Even went outside to feed the horses an apple, smoked a cig, and still the photos wont load.  I'll get more up tomorrow.  Its 11:06 AK time here so Im gonna go hit the sack.