On The Beach - Nome 1986
There were rare days of fine weather during our summers in Nome. On this particular day, we took our Zodiac boat and motored up the coast a bit from Nome.
If you enlarge the picture, you can just make out the actual Cape Nome very faint and low on the horizon. I believe the buildings are those of a gold camp or mining dredge west of town at that time.
Down on the sun-warmed sand, out of the breeze, we could get pretty comfortable.
A hundred-and-ten years ago, you would never have seen so much driftwood sitting on the beach of Nome. The huge influx of gold-seekers cleaned the beaches of any useable or burnable wood. On the trees lands of northern and western Alaska, wood is a valued commodity.
The powerline behind me goes out along an access road to the gold camp west of Nome.
This was much closer to town than the previous location. I drove the Suburban along the beach from town. You can see the construction of the causeway in the background.
If you enlarge the picture, you can just make out the actual Cape Nome very faint and low on the horizon. I believe the buildings are those of a gold camp or mining dredge west of town at that time.
Down on the sun-warmed sand, out of the breeze, we could get pretty comfortable.
A hundred-and-ten years ago, you would never have seen so much driftwood sitting on the beach of Nome. The huge influx of gold-seekers cleaned the beaches of any useable or burnable wood. On the trees lands of northern and western Alaska, wood is a valued commodity.
The powerline behind me goes out along an access road to the gold camp west of Nome.
This was much closer to town than the previous location. I drove the Suburban along the beach from town. You can see the construction of the causeway in the background.
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