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60 Years in Alaska!
Posted: September 5th, 2016, 5:12 pm
by Ron Thorne
It's my 60th Anniversary! On this date in 1956 I arrived in Anchorage, Alaska in a new maroon 1955 Chevrolet Bel Air 4-door sedan, along with my parents, an aunt, and a friend of hers. We drove from Miami, Florida to Anchorage in 5 days with a layover in Pittsburgh. What a crazy trip, driving the Alcan Highway, dodging rocks the size of small cars, eating dust and hoping it would end soon. I learned to drive and took my driving test in that car. Four years later, Patti, my bride-to-be, arrived from Ohio with her family. My, what memories between then and now.
Re: 60 Years in Alaska!
Posted: September 6th, 2016, 6:13 am
by Jimmy Cantiello
Congratulations, Ron and Patti! Where do the years go?
Re: 60 Years in Alaska!
Posted: September 10th, 2016, 9:55 am
by rlfun
Ron, I cannot imagine that marathon road trip, but in such a cool car maybe not so bad. Anchorage or bust!
Re: 60 Years in Alaska!
Posted: September 14th, 2016, 12:25 am
by timoleon
yes,that seems quite a trip!
i wish you to spend many years more in that nice corner of the world.
and by the way,what was the soundtrack of this trip?
i hope the car had a radio and a bit of oscar peterson or the young brat, back then, miles davis, would be ideal for me.
Re: 60 Years in Alaska!
Posted: September 16th, 2016, 6:49 pm
by Ron Thorne
Thanks for the comments. It's still a bit surreal, believe it or not.
I was just 12 years old (nearly 13), and hadn't discovered jazz yet, except for the occasional big band tunes I heard on the radio. Elvis and "Don't Be Cruel" had just launched, so was big on the radio during our trip.