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  Travels to Alaska May 1965 When I was back in Edmonton I ran into my old boss in Alberta Government Telephones, and he snaffled me back into working there again. This time it was sitting at a workbench wiring up equipment and soldering all day. This was what I saw all day…… Well, after such adventures I’d just had, this was a real waste of valuable travel time, so I left it to those who like such easy, and steady work, and headed up the Alaska Highway, looking for more adventure….. Alaska - August 1965 At this point you may wonder how I could afford to travel so far and wide. It was because I could travel so  frugally – a couple of dollars a day in those times, so a month of work sometimes kept me on the road for another six months. I was extremely frugal and didn’t spend anything if I could avoid it. Of course, I never paid for transport, just got out on the road and held out my thumb and waited, sometimes for a long time; did lots of walking. Never went to a cafĂ© fo