Lake Minchumina

There was still ice on Lake Minchumina June 8th.

Fishing is a highlight for most visitors and the few residents that live here.

Hooray for boats from Minnesota!  Now if you think about it just a bit and look at a map of Alaska you will realize that there are no roads to Lake Minchumina.  So how the heck did a boat get all the way out here from Minnesota? Well the facts are these... there are tons of transplanted folks from Minnesota that have made Alaska home on account of the weather here being better. So someone moved here from there, drove the Alcan Highway and brought their boat with them to Fairbanks.  Then they had a wild hair to live at Lake Minchumina and why not this place used to get mail delivered here so how remote could it be. So in a load of goods in a large transport airplane, out flew the boat along with all their other worldly belongings.

Do you notice the placard on the door of this truck?  It once belonged to the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) now it is owned by Denali West Lodge.  Sometimes Alaska is like a third world country in the fact that once an item has been transported to the remote areas there it stays and is utilized until it cannot be used any more.  Then it is left to sit and become part of the scenery. Alaskans are among the best recyclers.

Someone else landing here to have a look see around. 

A beautiful day beside a beautiful lake. 

Lake Minchumina ~ if you ever get the chance to visit this place ~ do it!