by Tim Thompson | Apr 28, 2019 | Uncategorized
After my parents left Alaska, their next stop was in the East. Specifically, they were based in the Philippines. They chose to live off base to learn the culture and to enjoy a little more of the local people up close. The military pay in the 1960’s...
by Tim Thompson | Apr 19, 2019 | Uncategorized
[Cover image by Siteseen Ltd. – link to image: http://www.airpowerworld.info/bombers/tupolev-tu-95-bear.htm] If you are old enough to remember the Cold War between the U.S. and the Soviet Union, then you probably have some story to tell about how it impacted...
by Tim Thompson | Apr 7, 2019 | Uncategorized
Welcome to my outdoor action/adventure blog! This is my online space where people can get to know me and from which I can promote my writing. I have two main streams going in this blog. One is personal tales: essentially action/adventure stories from my life and...
by Tim Thompson | Apr 5, 2019 | Uncategorized
[ Cover photo by Ozark Drones on Unsplash ] I was heading back to Fairbanks from a day trip exploring the woods in our Jeep (a little CJ-5). It was snowy and I had been in the woods along a fairly well maintained two- lane dirt road for quite a while. ...
by Tim Thompson | Apr 5, 2019 | Uncategorized
[Cover photo by Dan Cook on Unsplash] The white out hit. Biggest winter storm of the year in Fairbanks area for winter of 1966/67 (and we had plenty of experience with snow and blizzards). We’d known it was coming and I left early hoping to avoid it. I was...
