The Soup Light - New Photographic Wonder!

Days Walking - 41

Tomorrow, we head out of Deadhorse and start heading south on the Dalton Highway aka 'The Haul Road'. It’s gonna be interesting to be on an honest to gosh road for a change. Now we’ll be worried about getting run down by cargo / oil trucks, instead of being eaten by a 2000 pound carnivore in the night.

Today being Easter, I'm leaving the carefully filled out and postaged postcards behind to be mailed by the most excellent hotel staff, they rock even if they have no liquor.

All the bears in Deadhorse were killed, by the way. The bears were a safety issue, and efforts to relocate them failed, so the authorities killed them. Or Ordered Their Execution, really.

What, they couldn’t find a zoo that needed a bear?

I haven’t been giving you guys much raw data, history, factoids, etc lately, I’ll get my ass back to work here shortly. I have much info to offer, and you’ll learn it and like it.

Like it!!!
Shaking fist threateningly.

Today is picture day! You’ll enjoy snow with pipes, snow with girls, snow with buildings, snow with snow, and perhaps, if you are good, some pics of snow.

Here’s Anneli in front of the Deadhorse photo op sign:



I told you these folks had a sense of humor... Dead horse with lolling tongue and stink lines. Pride.

Here are some buildings...



And some oil processing structures of some sort...



And this is me at the hotel. I had Church, Anneli, Gabe, and Jake take about fifty pics of me, and this is the only one that's halfways decent.

It's all about finding the right lighting. I was hovering near the soup serving station, the light there was warm and friendly to blemishes.



All the makeup I'm wearing didn't hurt either, I think my skin is having a reaction to this weird substance called soap, and I'm breaking out!!

This next one is an example of the dwellings that the oil workers use for to sleep in and whatnot.



The housing units were brought up by barge from "The Lower 48" Funky, aren't they?

And here's some of the oil piping...



And some snow. Exciting...

And a couple shots of the Post Office.



and



Here's some random equipment.



And some trucks of some sort



And here's a series of piping heading to a processing area



Ha! That'll teach you picture-wanting peoples!!

Pics are a pain! Hope you like em though.

Litany Webb, signing off

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