Friday, May 27, 2011

The Texas Cash Master (Day 20)

This is DannyLee Whittle....The Texas Cash Master.  He was the entertainment at the campground tonight after the pancake toss competition.  He did a lot of Johnny Cash...reason for being called the Texas Cash Master I assume.  We could sit at our campsite table and enjoy the show :-)  Actually, he was pretty good and played straight for about three hours.  He wanted people to come up and do kareoke; but no one had enough beers I guess.  If any of my blog followers are interested in hiring Mr. Whittle for you next party...here is his email address www.texascashmaster@yahoo.com :-)  For you Wisconsinites and the other 49ers ...I doubt he goes out of state. Guess you'll just have to visit the Sourdough Campground in AK :-)

Here is Sourdough Campground in case you make it to
Tok, (long O) Alaska. 
Sourdough Campground even has a museum.  
It's quite unique........
Went to town and saw our first moose.................................
Sorry about that.  Talked to some travelers and they said that they saw lots of moose and some bear on or near the highway we will be taking tomorrow.   Someone told us that a guy was on a motorcycle with a sidecar that carried his dog.  There was a bear on the road and the guy said the bear saw the dog and I guess felt threatened and chased them down the road for a way.  We will be enjoying the Alaskan wildlife from the comfort and safety of our vehicle :-)
   The front of this store was interesting because the logs used had lots of burls on them.  I am told that the burls are caused by diseases or injuries.  We saw lots of redwood tree with these on the Washington coastline.  Artists make beautiful wood bowls out of them.  I have seen these burls at home...
 but not like these.
This shop had everything in it to make a tourist happy....
I was very, very happy!

You can even buy some burls and...
 make your own bowls! 
How about a dog sled?
The rest of the day went to mapping out our route for tomorrow, a little relaxation and checking the campground for some...............
...........beautiful flowers! 
Oh....I wonder if my flowers miss me :-)

1 comment:

  1. So are you going to "whittle" a burl into a bowl? Did you need to use white gloves on the museum tour? You know touching those artifacts in the fresh air museum may destroy them over time.
    Your blog pics are great. Keep them coming.

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