the first adventure

It was in June of 1982 and I was almost out of money.  I had heard there was free camping on the beach in Homer and with half a tank of gas and a little hope I headed south to the end of the road in Alaska.  I had quit looking for work in Anchorage and decided to try to get a job in the canneries that are clustered on the end of the Homer Spit.  The first thing to catch my eye was Jeff's white '66 Chevy Suburban with Texas plates parked on the gravely beach.  Behind it was a ragged looking cotton wall tent that sat behind a smoldering driftwood fire around which stood half dozen guys with beer bottles in their hands.  A homemade sign propped up on the rocks said "Why are we here?"  Tourists in their Motorhomes were stopping to take pictures.  That was the first adventure, that was 35 years ago.

PatKelly

Once was mistaken for a dead man named Studs while in a dive bar in Louisiana.  Picked up 50th state back in 1996 on road trip through South Dakota.  Commercial salmon fisherman in Nikiski Alaska for 18 years.  Drove a '69 Galaxie 500 convertible with a show dog, Sonny Boy, from Alaska to Florida with the top down all the way.  Married Laura Ogden and together made Eva Kelly in 2005.  Moved to Vermont in 2015.

FeaturOnce was mistaken for a dead man named Studs while in a dive bar in Louisiana.  Picked up 50th state back in 1996 on road trip through South Dakota.  Commercial salmon fisherman in Nikiski Alaska fottr 18 years.  Drove a '69 Galaxie 500 convertible with a show dog, Sonny Boy, from Alaska to Florida with the top down all the way.  Married Laura Ogden and together made Eva Kelly in 2005.  Moved to VermOnce was mistaken ftttor a dead man named Studs while in a dive bar in Louisiana.  Picked up 50th state back in 1996 on road trip through South Dakota.  Commercial salmon fisherman in Nikiski Alaska for 18 years.  Drove a '69 Galaxie 500 convertible with a show dog, Sonny Boy, from Alaska to Florida with the top down all the way.  Married Laura Ogden and together made Eva Kelly in 2005.  Moved to Vermont in 2015.Once was mistaken for a dead man named Studs while in a dive bar in Louisiana.  Picked up 50th state back in 1996 on road trip through Stouth Dakota.  Commercial salmon fisherman in Nikiski Alaska for 18 years.  Drove a '69 Galaxie 500 convertible with a show dog, Sonny Boy, from Alaska to Florida with the top down all the way.  Married Laura Ogden and together made Eva Kelly in 2005.  Moved to Vermont in 2015.ont in 2015.

Feature 2

Jeff Truhn aka Truhnfish

Jeff has been all over Alaska, he has worked in a gold mine in the Brooks Range and fished the Gulf of Alaska.  He built a paradise, got married then divorced, and lived with a monkey named Pancho on the island of Roatan in Honduras.  He started a company making Miracle Gel out of the extract from the prickly pear cactus.  He currently has a base camp in Seymour Texas where he brews the best beer in town.

Feature 3

Turd.

 Jeff has a friend in town named Worm.  Worm is a big guy who lives alone in a small wooden house a block or two from Main Street and works for Baylor County (precinct 2) just outside of Seymour.  One day on his way home from work, Worm spots a little puppy in the ditch on the outskirts of town and brings him home.  I guess he is such a sweet little buddy that Worm decides to name him Turd.  And the name stuck. This little dog is going on the trip of a lifetime.  We all are I guess but it seems more momentous for a little dog from a Seymour Texas ditch named Turd.

Support Crew/sponsors

• Special thanks to Koon-Dog and Lois who will be flying up to Whitehorse on May 31 and helping us push off into the current.  They will be transporting Jeff's van across the Yukon and into Alaska, seeing the sights along the way and leaving the van in Anchorage for us and they will fly home from there.
• Thanks to Vita Auto Parts for all the parts.
• Laura and Eva, keeping the home fire lit.