Flying to Adak, Alaska in the Aleutian Islands Day 1

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JayPiper UnEdited

3 жыл бұрын

Sep.20, 1912

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@MitchellBrown-su9dc Ай бұрын

Just watched this whole video Jay and 80-81 when I was Stationed on Adak The SUN ☀️ Only SHINED One ☝️ Day out of 395 Days and Captain 👨‍✈️ Brown of NSGA called SUNSHINE LIBERTY and we all Got The Rest Of The Day Off !!!! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

@JaysWorldTravels Ай бұрын

Thanks for watching my video. It gained so much interest that I might edit it and add some photos to it from my trip.

@CaptainQueue Жыл бұрын

I lived there in the 1950s as a youngster. I'd love to try living there again for a season, or year, to experience a downsized life and clean air and water. But I suspect the cost of electricity, food and heating would make life there unaffordable with current energy prices. If fishing and hunting at enough quantity is allowable to provide sustainable protein it might be doable for the right person or couple who could take weeks of miserable weather at a time. Speaking of sustainable life in Alaska, a buddy actually farmed in southern Alaska (not island) and grew enough root vegetables and berries to provide for himself, wife, and even sell surplus. But he knew how to skin and butcher an elk so the whole idea of living in Adak affordably on game to some degree is probably out of my league. They lived pretty well on salmon, game, and what he grew. He lengthened the short Alaska growing season a few months a year with an in-ground heated greenhouse so I imagine that may not be feasible with heating costs on Adak. Eventually he could not keep up with the physical labor and had to sell, but for the 40 years he was eking out a hard life in Alaska he and his wife loved it. Just thinking out loud if living there could be supplemented with game and fish right there.

@JaysWorldTravels Жыл бұрын

Yeah, this was in 2012 when I visited Adak. It’s probably time for a re-visit myself. It would be nice to see if anything changed in the last 10 years. I noticed weather will overtake the buildings if not maintained.

@shawnreed7876 3 жыл бұрын

Wow, that is really out of the way. Cool destination. Thanks for sharing.

@JaysWorldTravels 2 жыл бұрын

Anytime. I like far out destinations

@MitchellBrown-su9dc 3 ай бұрын

🪨🪨🐈‍⬛🐕❄️🙈🙈🙈😃🇺🇸🇺🇸

@corvetteguy1980 5 ай бұрын

You should do Mare Island, California, another navy base that closed the same time as Adak.

@JaysWorldTravels 5 ай бұрын

I will look into it. Thanks for the suggestion.

@MitchellBrown-su9dc 6 ай бұрын

NSGA 80-81. 395 days on the ROCK 🪨 🇺🇸🇺🇸

@JaysWorldTravels 6 ай бұрын

That’s a long record

@arbonneladyTN 3 жыл бұрын

We had about 5000 people in island when we lived there 4/87-4/89 ❤️our tour of duty there!

@JaysWorldTravels 2 жыл бұрын

You saw it during it’s hayday.

@mistervacation23 3 жыл бұрын

I met an old dude from Findland one time, he kept bitchin about "I got to get back to copper country, der watch you coll". I had no freaking idea what the old dude was talking about. After he died in 2016 the barmaid told me he used to work at the Kennicott Copper mine. Hell we were in Adak Island AK. Kennicott would be over 1600 miles by sea. The old bastard used to get drunk and just kept saying "I got a get back to copper country, der watch you coll". The old boy was 102 when he died. Now I guess we all know what he meant. I wished the bar on Adak was still open so I could tell the other patrons.

@JaysWorldTravels 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the story.

@CaptainQueue Жыл бұрын

As a resident, what do you do for doctor, dentist, prescription medicines? Life there ain't for everyone!

@JaysWorldTravels Жыл бұрын

You can order prescriptions in the mail. The dentist comes to town and sets up shop in the school and then everyone gets their teeth done that week. Then he goes back to Anchorage. They have a small clinic, but they also have medivac plane service if it is serious.

@MitchellBrown-su9dc 3 ай бұрын

🚑🚑🚒✈️✈️🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

@mactrucin 2 жыл бұрын

great video. what bike is that? do all airlines allow this kind of luggage? how do i get a local to drive me around, rent, taxi?

@JaysWorldTravels 2 жыл бұрын

That's a foldable Go Bike. Yes, I checked it in with Alaska Airlines. They allow for oversized pieces of luggage. I just called up a random number in the phone book to talk with a local and they gave me advice.

@shawnreed7876 3 жыл бұрын

Do you still use your bike?

@JaysWorldTravels 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, it still gets me around.

@shawnreed7876 3 жыл бұрын

What do people do for fun there? Where did you stay?

@JaysWorldTravels 3 жыл бұрын

I called a random number from the phone book and the person who picked up the phone recommended someone I can stay with.

@shawnreed7876 3 жыл бұрын

@@JaysWorldTravels Wow, how was that?

@wwe3coins Жыл бұрын

What kind of bike do you have?

@JaysWorldTravels Жыл бұрын

A foldable bicycle. It’s called the GoGo bike.

@ab8588 2 жыл бұрын

7:30 pooch got his lunch

@JaysWorldTravels 2 жыл бұрын

Yep, it was that easy.

@flowerpower6297 Жыл бұрын

why did people leave adak?

@JaysWorldTravels Жыл бұрын

Because the coast guard base closed.

@MitchellBrown-su9dc 5 ай бұрын

Adak was a Navy Base 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

@PsychKingler 2 жыл бұрын

This kids like 15 and has seen more of the world than I have at 34

@JaysWorldTravels 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the compliment

@jay1970 3 жыл бұрын

How single guys find women?

@JaysWorldTravels 3 жыл бұрын

You have to find them outside Alaska and bring them up.

@noremorse6898 3 жыл бұрын

@@JaysWorldTravels Good luck with that!

@MitchellBrown-su9dc Ай бұрын

Also 80-81 Downtown Adak had Not That Many Houses 🏠 Maybe 🤔 2 Neighborhoods only. Gerrit (Utube) 81 Video !!! Watch Sometime !!! I’m in Video Twice 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🌬️🌬️💨💨💨🌊