Longest TUNNEL in North America Leads to Where?

[@jessiesdroneadventures7464]

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[@eddog6666]

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[@alexsnell8177]

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[@Stacy_Smith]

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[@jessiesdroneadventures7464]

@@Stacy_Smith lol, I'll have to check that out

[@Howard-bj1jq]

This is a very interesting tunnel with the train tracks and all! I rode my Harley through the tunnel in 2012. The lady said to be careful as the air vents can cause a motorcycle to crash. I smiled and the lady scolded me, I said " have you ever been on the windy interstates in South Dakota and Wyoming?" The winds have pushed me on a bike instantly to another lane. I had no problem with the vented wind, but did not like the tracks. A bike has to ride between the tracks because it is too narrow on both sides. That ride started in Richmond, VA.

[@jessiesdroneadventures7464]

haha....thanks for sharing!

[@larrypetersen2206]

Howard what time of the year were on your Harley drive Thur?

[@Howard-bj1jq]

@@larrypetersen2206 It was near the end of July. I timed my trip to AK so that I'd get back down to Sturgis which is always the first of August. I had wet gear as well as heated jacket and gloves. They helped quite a bit! I highly recommend that trip, just always know where the next gas stop is located. It was a 5 week trip.

[@swithinbarclay4797]

@@Howard-bj1jq For you, Howard and others. I believe that many/most(?) railroads in America share similar gauges, and those happened to have matched the tracking width of the '88 Ford Escort. This same gauge was lain down most of Market Street in San Francisco, for the Streetcars. I simply nudged my tires onto the tracks, and let go of my steering wheel, the tracks held me nicely in place. Of course, when a Streetcar wanted use of its tracks, I simply nudged out, and nudged back in, once the Streetcar had passed!

[@Howard-bj1jq]

@@swithinbarclay4797 Can't do that with a motorcycle!

[@lynnestamey7272]

I've driven that road many times, I lived in Anchorage from 1984-2006. I had friends who were charter boat captains and hosted out of Whittier. My favorite part of this area is Esha my bay, a tiny little place to anchor and go ashore at a little creek. It's just gorgeous! I'm in Texas now and miss the fresh salmon. When I first started going to Whittier you had to take the train, it was before they put the road in. Lots of changes in those short years.

[@jessiesdroneadventures7464]

Thank you for sharing!

[@talfacprez]

That is why we always ride the train from Anchorage to Whittier whenever we are doing another Alaskan Cruise. The train ride is spectacular

[@jessiesdroneadventures7464]

I will have to do that next time!

[@bobbid65]

Drone photography - definitely in the top five list of favorite tech gifts to humanity. Thanks.

[@jessiesdroneadventures7464]

I would agree! it allows our eyes to see from perspectives we wouldnt normally be able to...thank you for checking out the video!

[@remraf72]

Very well done and interesting video. Thanks for posting it !

[@jessiesdroneadventures7464]

hey no problem! Appreciate you checking out the video! 👍

[@pi-sx3mb]

Head Engineer: "Okay Governor, it's time to dedicate the new tunnel opening up." Governor: "Wait, where's the second tube? Did you guys unfold the blueprint all the way?" Head Engineer: "Dammit ..."

[@travellinman1111]

Thanks, Jessie for another outstanding video! We appreciate all your hard work 😊

[@jessiesdroneadventures7464]

Hey no problemo!! appreciate you taking the time to check out the video!!! thank you 🙏

[@Fusako8]

I visited Whittier several times while I was living in Alaska. I enjoyed stopping at the wildlife conservation center, then going to the Portage Glacier lookout, popping through the tunnel for Ice Cream and sights, heading back through and on to Girdwood for dinner at the Double Musky Inn, then back home to Anchorage. Did this aboot twice a year for the 5 years I lived in Anchorage, and once when I was living in Fairbanks.

[@jessiesdroneadventures7464]

Thank you for sharing your story 🙏

[@wje2]

Great video. I really liked the ermine. I got to see a black mink in the wild once. He acted the same way, very curious and very skittish too.

[@jessiesdroneadventures7464]

arent they just the most interesting little critters. It was fun to watch him zoom back and forth.....Thanks for tuning into the video!

[@bryang3635]

Whittier is a town where the majority of the residents live, go shopping, go to work and school, etc all in the same building.

[@oneangrygoy]

It's not that extreme dude 😂. There are plenty of other houses n stuff. Yes, there's the one building with a school and a store, but it's a fishing town.

[@ravynsage]

Fabulous video! Was watching a bunch of abandon mall videos and this is way more uplifting - thank you!

[@jessiesdroneadventures7464]

Thank you!! appreciate you checking out the video! glad you liked it. I do have a few abandoned mall videos as well!

[@rskeyesful]

My cousin kept his boat in Whittier and I used to drive from Anchorage to the train in his truck. The train ride was always a lot of fun.

[@jessiesdroneadventures7464]

awesome!!!

[@anonymustly7818]

Thank you for taking me somewhere I will likely never travel to myself. The scenery is gorgeous and your research and explanations answered all the questions I thought of while viewing it. A+ travelogue!!!

[@jessiesdroneadventures7464]

thank you, thank you thank you!!! I like to mix it up every once in a while and go some place completely different. and yes, alaska is gorgeous and there's so much more of it to see. thank you once again for taking the time to check out the video! 🙏

[@akdaltonaurora]

I have a bit of drone footage from Whittier as well up. You are so correct about the views that are here in the state, it is amazing!

[@jessiesdroneadventures7464]

Heck yea!! views are so intoxicating! I cant wait to go back!

[@ailurophile17]

Who else walked through this tunnel when there was just a railroad line running through it? A friend and I flagged the train from Anchorage around Turnagain and rode into Whittier just to see the recently cordoned off Bucknber Building. After a day or so and a day before the next train was due, we decided to just hoof it back through the tunnel before it even had a name (at least we had never heard of Anton Anderson). After about a mile, my friend and I head a distant rumbling and then saw a light coming right at us! We had no choice but to jump off the berm and stand up to our waists in frigid pools of water while we watched a handcar that we thought only existed in old cartoons and movies go right past us. I looked up and could almost have grabbed the guys ankles, but we finally made it out and then spent three hours watching about two dozen Alaskan Brown Bears hit a salmon run in the Portage River before hiking through the smaller tunnel and then back to the Seward Highway. This story goes on for hours so I'll leave it at that except to say it all happened back in the summer of 1970 when I was 16.

[@jessiesdroneadventures7464]

thank you for sharing!!

[@rosemarycornwell1528]

It might be the longest highway tunnel. CPKC Railway has the 9 mile MtMcdonald tunnel in Alberta, Canada. BNSF railway has the 7.9 mile Cascade Tunnel under Steven's Pass in Washington state and 7 mile Flathead Tunnel in Montana, all railroad tunnels in North America.

[@noahgilmore324]

I have been in both the Alaska and Cascade tunnels. I have never understood why people in Alaska claim this to be the longest. The ride through the cascade tunnel on a train took nearly 35 minutes, for us a little longer because the engine broke down in the last few miles and plunged us into darkness for a moment. Luckily we were going down hill so we coasted the last mile or so and had to wait on the side track for another engine to tow us.

[@PeterNGloor]

wanna see long railroad tunnels with super-fast, frequent train service? Go to Switzerland. The longest RR tunnel lies there.

[@esbliss13]

​@PORSCHE_COUNTRY. So how fast were you going in your Porsche 😉😄

[@Warekiwi]

I recently drove through the longest road tunnel in the world ! The amazing Laerdal tunnel in Norway. 15.2 m8les long ! It even has car parks along the way in case drivers heed a break!,

[@nathanielswanberg1612]

It's the longest combination highway-train tunnel.

[@danbear5254]

Very cool video, thank you for sharing

[@jessiesdroneadventures7464]

hey no problem! appreciate you checking out the video!

[@jhollie8196]

Went through Aug 2024 on train from Anchorage and boarding HAL Nieuw Amsterdam for cruise. Very interesting and beautiful train ride. Thanks for sharing

[@jessiesdroneadventures7464]

Hey no problem! Appreciate you checking out the video!

[@craigslistseller9354]

Aloha from Hawai'i Jessie! I started watching your channel when you were covering Lake Mead. Thanks for all your great content. Safe Travels in Alaska and Happy Holidays!!!

[@jessiesdroneadventures7464]

ahhh the lake mead days....feels like forever ago....I kind miss going out there! may have to do another video in the future, lord knows its cooled off out there. appreciate you checking out the video! happy holidays

[@Narrowgaugefilms]

Ahhhh, Whittier!!! We went on an inside passage cruise from there to Vancouver in 2022. We flew into Anchorage, spent a few days and then took the train down through the Anderson tunnel. At Whittier our ship was standing there. Being 2022 the last step before boarding was a Covid-19 test. People that failed it weren't allowed to board. We made it aboard just fine, along with most people. Some didn't make it and had to turn back. We met a family that had been split up! (Those days are pretty hard to be nostalgic about.)

[@jessiesdroneadventures7464]

Thank you for sharing!

[@nbk9372]

This was one of Hobo Shoestrings stomping ground, Mark returned to Alaska nearly every year, and he had a YT channel showcasing all his train hopping exploits from Alaska and the lower 48 states. If there was a railroad track laid across the Pacific Ocean from California to Hawaii, he would not have batted an eye, he'd hop that train to Hawaii in a heart beat. Seeing this video, brought me back memories of "ShoeStrings" the wondering freedom loving Hobo (see his YT content if interested). He was younger than me, but we crossed paths when he went through basic training in Ft. Dix, New Jersey when he was a young lad (I was TDY'd drill corporal at the time). RIP Mark! Mil/Leo Analyst Retired

[@SDune]

Miss you hobo shoestring from JC Tenn.

[@elenaceleste4363]

Amazing and beautiful clear shots of Alaskas landscapes wants me to move there, your video is very enjoyable to watch bc your narration of historical events and stories are very interesting to listen to, most of your videos are places I would have never known existed and one of a kind, thank you so much for sharing all the informations.❤❤❤👍🍁🍁🍁🍁

[@jessiesdroneadventures7464]

Hey thank you so much! and yes!! alaska is gorgeous, im very tempted to move there as well! I try make videos of places that interest me, I figure, if i find them interesting, maybe so will others! thanks for checking out the video!

[@revelationakagoldeneagle8045]

Very interesting, and lots of history there. Thanks for sharing. Blessings from Georgia USA 🪶✨

[@jessiesdroneadventures7464]

Thank you!!! 🙏

[@jaycooper2812]

I lived in Whittier for several months in the 1970s. Everyone in town does livecin the same building. Also the small single engine airplane is the Alaskan pick-up truck.

[@jessiesdroneadventures7464]

oh neat!!!! thanks for sharing!

[@RuthMorganMalecha]

Awesome!! Great video! Thanks for sharing!

[@jessiesdroneadventures7464]

Thanks Ruth!!! glad you enjoyed it! you guys will have to make it up there one day!

[@swithinbarclay4797]

Actually, Alaska is not all that "isolated"--some vast sections--for regular vehicular travel. They do have a comprehensive ferry network run by the State Transportation Department. The Southeastern terminus may be in Prince Rupert, B.C., and the farthest Western one may be Dutch Harbour in the Aleutians, not all that far from Mother Russia. The trips through their coastal waters are so long, that you drive your vehicle aboard, and take a stateroom, so that you have a highly generic form of the seacruises of the frilly luxury set.

[@oneangrygoy]

😂 more isolated than any other state and many many places on earth. "Vast sections for vehicular travel " 😂 yeah only on a few roads with hardly anything between. And a ferry is the epitome of isolated.

[@missjody5803]

I went to Whittier ALASKA this past June. Wonderful experience. Great food and great people.

[@jessiesdroneadventures7464]

heck yea! whittier is awesome!

[@drysori]

16:10 That was a close call with that wire.

[@jessiesdroneadventures7464]

Right! I didn't even notice that until I got home and started reviewing the footage....close call !

[@mjtunstall1976]

ooo that was a close call with the wire there!! cjte little white animal, reminds me of pickacho! that yellow fluffy animal

[@TheKurtsPlaceChannel]

Great video. Thanks for posting this.

[@jessiesdroneadventures7464]

Hey no problemo! glad you enjoyed it!

[@goldviper5280]

I have been to Whitter while on a 3 month Alaska RV trip. Very cool town.

[@jessiesdroneadventures7464]

oh awesome! it sure is!

[@IdahoQuadcopter]

I'm glad I discovered your channel. Great storytelling.

[@jessiesdroneadventures7464]

Oh!!! thank you so much IdahoQuadcopter!!! glad you like the video and I also just subbed to your channel! always interested in checking out other channels that are passionate about drones just like myself 👍

[@michaelsonleitner5724]

Great video and great shots of the ermine, really cute. Been to Whittier twice (2006 after my oldest daughter moved to Anchorage, and 2009 when my youngest daughter graduated from high school). Real pretty scenery.

[@jessiesdroneadventures7464]

Thank you! the ermine was pretty adorable, fast little thing haha! thanks for checking out the video!

[@popseagles]

Great vid, thank you. BTW close call with drone @ 16:13 with the telephone wire, whew :)

[@jessiesdroneadventures7464]

Your very welcome! Appreciate you checking out the video! And yes!!! Talk about a close call! I never noticed the telephone wire until I got back home, uploaded the footage and started piecing it together....boy did get lucky! Thanks again for checking out the video! 🙏

[@johnmcgaw2753]

Thanks. That brings back memories as I lived in Alaska off and on from 1968 to 1987 and went to Whittier a number of times on fishing trips and such. You probably missed an opportunity by not catching the arrival of a train-ship and seeing how they connect the floating cars to the dock track and transfer them. Then again I don't know how often they're doing such operations any more. BTW your Mini 4 Pro did a good job tracking your car. I've got one too but have not had the opportunity to try "high speed" tracking. Need to get around to that some day.

[@jessiesdroneadventures7464]

enjoyed this reading! Might be able to catch that train ship in april when i go back! and yea, that mini 4 pro is something else. packs little punch for such a small drone, although I did speed up the video a little bit when I did the active track, if there werent any trees around it would have done an even better job keeping up....thanks again for checking out the video!

[@heroknaderi]

I enjoyed the video. A decent destination for a fun vacation.

[@jessiesdroneadventures7464]

hey thanks! glad you enjoyed it!

[@dawnwhitmore6930]

Anxiety level 100% going through the tunnel, but, wow, Whittier is beautiful!!!

[@jessiesdroneadventures7464]

yes! whittier is amazing!

[@gailtryon1453]

Went through the tunnel with a local guide. He said that a large bear had used the abandoned building as a home. Also, there is a tunnel that connects the condo building to the school so the kids don't have to go outside in the winter to get to school.

[@jessiesdroneadventures7464]

I've heard that story about the bear too!

[@Colleen1978]

Beautiful! We were not on that highway but we have been to Alaska... Fairbanks, Denali, Anchorage, and everything in between plus we did a 7-day cruise up there. Gorgeous! Would love to go back. Oh, did you run across the mosquitoes? Huge and evil! Lol

[@jessiesdroneadventures7464]

haha i didnt run into them on this trip...but maybe next time! I hope to make it up to Fairbanks maybe in the spring, theres some abandoned buildings up in that area that I want to check out and possibly make a video on! Thank you for checking out the video!

[@WaterFaucet24]

My parents lived in Whittier for a few years. I was in Anchorage at the time. Drove through that tunnel often.

[@jessiesdroneadventures7464]

how cool! thanks for sharing!

[@iain-duncan]

Such a unique location! Amazing!

[@aaronkershner2685]

I love to travel Whittier there are some waterfalls up on the mountains that I love looking at. You need to take a cruise sometime and also down in Seward you won’t be disappointed. Portage Glacier is also a nice stop before you get to the Whittier tunnel.

[@BullseyeBob77]

Very cool video. Thanks for sharing. Oh and the drone came really close to the overhead wires at 16:12 lol.

[@jessiesdroneadventures7464]

Thank you! and yes! it sure did....that was a close call

[@ErikMatthWoodrYT]

New subscriber crazy awesome video Fam liked

[@Skarfar90]

As a Norwegian, watching this video almost made me feel like home :) Granted, North America does not have that many long road tunnels as we do here, but it is cool to see a dual-purpose tunnel like that, which is something we don't have here, believe it or not. Now, 2.5 miles (4 kilometers) is not that long, when you compare it to the longer ones we have in Norway, with the longest here being the Lærdal tunnel at 24.5 kilometers (15.2 miles), or the new Rogfast undersea tunnel at 26.7 kilometers (16.6 miles), when it finishes construction somewhere around 2033

[@jessiesdroneadventures7464]

oh hey thanks for sharing!

[@B3hr3ns]

I love all the drone shots, and what a way to capture all that! 16:13 was a bit close to the wire, and sped up video gave me a startle, glad you missed it

[@jessiesdroneadventures7464]

YES!!! i didnt notice that wire until after I got back and started reviewing the footage.....that was way to close! and I dont think my obstacle avoidance sensors picked it up, because if they did, it would have slowed way down

[@Trainboy1EJR]

@@jessiesdroneadventures7464 Does the drone have an automatic follow mode or were you flying manually from the passenger seat? So close!

[@jessiesdroneadventures7464]

@Trainboy1EJR it has an automatic follow mode, and you can adjust the height, and distance 👍

[@dyson9422]

From Wikipedia: The Flathead Tunnel is a 7-mile-long (11 km) railroad tunnel in the Rocky Mountains of northwest Montana near Trego, approximately 28 miles (45 km) west of Whitefish. Located on the BNSF Railway's Kootenai River Subdivision, it is the second-longest railroad tunnel in the United States after the Cascade Tunnel.

[@1darnright19]

That last clip of the drone following that car was pretty cool. How was that done?

[@jessiesdroneadventures7464]

The Drone has a feature called Active Track. You just select the subject that you want it to focus on, such as a person, car, or bike.... and then hit record and the drone will follow the subject. It does have 360 degree obstacle avoidance and does a phenomenal job avoiding trees, telephone poles etc....The drone I used is a DJI Mini 4 pro, hope this helps 👍

[@Fasteroid]

Wonderful memories are flooding back from my trip here a few years ago. Thank you!

[@jessiesdroneadventures7464]

hey no problem!! its a wonderful place!

[@DavidLorenzoFlorida]

Awesome tour! I was led here due to the circles of drone buddies on the YT platform. Your video was in the suggestions. The narration is well done, and the information and footage kept my interest. Perhaps they should paint murals on the Buckner building if it left unused. Cost effective means of blending it into the scenery.👍

[@jessiesdroneadventures7464]

oh awesome! and yes! I agree with you! paint murals on the building could even attract more tourists. in fact, they did that on an abandoned motel here in arizona, and a lot of people stop there to take pictures!.....appreciate you checking out the video!

[@aaronweyl2272]

Longest tunnel means it has one amazing looking small town and making new friends ^^ liking history lesson too. Nice finding mate, We had a longest tunnel in UK/Ireland but haven't being there. I know the song in middle was it from Cape Fear?

[@jessiesdroneadventures7464]

hey thanks! this was such an amazing place to explore, not sure about the song though, I just pulled it from epidemic sound

[@fmlazar]

How are you getting those overhead views of you driving?

[@jessiesdroneadventures7464]

Good question! The drone I use has this feature called "active track" which locks onto a subject and follows it as it moves. Whether it be a car, person running, or riding a bike, its an amazing feature and does a good job recognizing the subject that you select. that drone is so linked in the description if your interested. Hope this helps 👍

[@plantingseedsproductions4195]

Great job Jessie!

[@jessiesdroneadventures7464]

Thank you Plantingseesproduction 👍

[@Criticalhitkoala]

As a Cambodian I can tell you they were speaking in complimentary tones and words. First phrase is saying it's cold "trachak" but not horribly cold and "saat" he said three times was "Beautiful, Beautiful, Beautiful". He was then mentioning the the mountain (maybe, hard to say) and saying there's only one old hotel but it was worth coming to see. I was wondering why this seemed so familiar and then remembered watching a food youtube video of a cafe in Whittier that seemingly serves a REALLY kick butt fried fish.

[@jessiesdroneadventures7464]

Hey I appreciate you sharing that! Love whittier!

[@Game_Blox9999]

Have you ever heard of the show, Railroad Alaska? I remember that tunnel being mentioned as essential for trade in and out of the state due to Whittier being a port town. There was actually an episode where they had to replace a long stretch of rail in the tunnel, which was hard to do thanks to the concrete between the rails, and the rails themselves being really long because they didn't really think of replacements, and cold on arrival to the tunnel and having shrunk due to that.

[@jessiesdroneadventures7464]

I havent! but ill check it out! love watching videos on alaska, i dont even care what its about....love everything about alaska!

[@Emperorvalse]

I went from Whittier to Seward then Anchorage. Everything on that roadcwas breathtaking. Even in the waiting area Whittier end for the tunnel was amazing. Glaciers on both sides of the road. Then a short drive after the tinnel just past a bend you see the lake with more glaciers and mountains. This is Alaska that we come there for!

[@jessiesdroneadventures7464]

heck yea!!! the glaciers are amazing!!

[@jbailey4317]

What time of year did you go to Whittier?

[@jessiesdroneadventures7464]

End of october...from about the 20th to the 26th!

[@clintonprice1592]

Hi Jesse this is Clinton from Winnipeg Manitoba Canada I like your videos

[@jessiesdroneadventures7464]

Winnipeg!!! I know exactly where that's at, I'm originally from Minnesota! Glad you are enjoying the videos! Hoping to make it up to Canada on of these days.....Alberta and Lake okanagan are on my bucket list. Thanks again for checking out the video 🙏

[@collectioneur]

Been there this summer (2024) as last part of a cruise from Vancouver to Anchorage. I felt the tunnel part was really exciting having learned of its history on the bus. It definately adds to the mystery of visiting Alaska for the first time, especially coming from Europe…

[@jessiesdroneadventures7464]

Hello Europe!!! thanks for checking out the video!

[@timolson6996]

I wonder if you could find a whittler in Wittier?

[@rufusmacck3712]

I’ve went through this tunnel about 25 years ago. It was quite an experience.

[@jessiesdroneadventures7464]

Right on! Thanks for sharing!

[@spencersholden]

I’ve been there. From Whittier to Anchorage.

[@jessiesdroneadventures7464]

awesome! its beautiful up there!

[@chriscastagnetta]

I’d love to live in Alaska, those towns look so cute!!!

[@jessiesdroneadventures7464]

right!

[@someguy9778]

I walked right up to that building in about 2006...No fence, walked up and looked right into the window opening. It basically had a small stream running through it.

[@jessiesdroneadventures7464]

awesome!

[@Gregknows-uj8gg]

That was an awesome veiws of a place I will unfortunately never get too visit.

[@jessiesdroneadventures7464]

Glad you enjoyed the video 👍at least you could visit the place virtually!

[@dejakester]

Wow, I went through that tunnel in July 2000, I didn't realize it had just opened (at least I don't recall that)...

[@peterwoodley7473]

Hi just stumbled on this video what a beautiful place could you do more on the railroad please

[@jessiesdroneadventures7464]

in the future....High possibility! going back there in late april!

[@Swampy428]

I went through this tunnel on the way to Cordova when I was six and it blew my mind.

[@jessiesdroneadventures7464]

awesome!

[@davidponseigo8811]

I'm from Louisiana and my grandfather knew Hale Boggs. Boggs was a very powerful US Representative and many stories floated around that the plane going missing was planned.

[@jessiesdroneadventures7464]

The more I look into that story the more I want to do a video on that itself! Thank you for sharing

[@drgruber57]

Our family went there In 2013 Along with Wasilla And Denali national park. It turned out to be my wife's last adventure. Cancer Took her to heaven in 2015.But I'm so glad we made this trek. I so enjoyed the tunnel and the uniqueness of Whittier. We had to do it also because we live in Whittier California.

[@jessiesdroneadventures7464]

so sorry to hear that. glad you were all able to make the trek and see perhaps the most beautiful state in our country!

[@BonnieBlair-zm4uu]

Thought first 🤔 of Whittier, CA, President Richard M. Nixon's birthplace. My Deepest Condolences 🙏 to you and your family. Let light ✨🕯️🕊️ perpetual shine upon your wife, forever 😇 in heaven. 💐 Whittier, Alaska is beautiful.😍❤️

[@drgruber57]

@@BonnieBlair-zm4uu Thank you Bonnie! I believe that Yorba Linda, CA was his birthplace. Whittier CA had signs saying, "Hometown of Richard Nixon". THEN... Watergate. And the signs disappeared. Ha ha. Whittierites were like, "Well, he had his lawpractice here and went to Whittier High, but he was BORN in Yorba Linda.

[@drgruber57]

@@jessiesdroneadventures7464 Thanks Jessie!

[@debbieannsmith8962]

Awesome ❤❤❤

[@jessiesdroneadventures7464]

Isn't it! I didnt want to leave!

[@sondrayork6317]

If I had the money, I’d renovate it and turn it into an apartment complex. But I would also keep the remaining facilities as a reminder of what it once was for too.

[@jessiesdroneadventures7464]

Yes!!! it has too much historical value to just be sitting there and decaying

[@WilliamHostman]

It's worth noting that, during WW II, the Seward repair docks wound up building some boats for the USN. The Buckner Building used to be kindna nice.

[@forexed8948]

I was born and raised in Alaska, and I've been to whittier only three times in my life. It's a lovely town, but it's still part of my beautiful home state even though I don't know it as well as others.

[@jessiesdroneadventures7464]

awesome! I love alaska and find myself keep going back.....next visit...April!

[@forexed8948]

@ I love Alaska, I justify don’t miss the annual snowfall amounts, but it’s the most beautiful state in the country, I deeply miss all the wild raspberries and blueberries, I also miss watching the moose because as babies they’re so clumsy but even when grown up they are truly a sight.

[@forexed8948]

@ there is so much I miss of Alaska but I don’t have the time of day to list it all

[@yt650]

I want to know where all the debris/excavation material went. Did they work from both ends towards the center?

[@jessiesdroneadventures7464]

couldnt tell ya

[@MrHarryhere69]

Of all the times I have been to AK I never made this trip. Going back next year. I will have to do this. Did you happen to get to 7 glaciers bar/ restaurant? Great views.

[@jessiesdroneadventures7464]

You will love it! Unfortunately I didn't make it to 7 glaciers bar, but I am going back in the spring, so I'll be sure to stop in then, I can say i picked up a 12 pack of Alaskan Kolsch "the yellow can with the orca on the front" and it was amazing! Would recommend if you haven't tried 👍

[@MrHarryhere69]

@@jessiesdroneadventures7464 If you need a lodge to stay at I can set you up. It is in Palmer. really nice. Cheapest around.

[@peterthompson8014]

That's on my bucket list.

[@jessiesdroneadventures7464]

Awesome!! Hope you can make it out there one of these days!

[@kateflannary9597]

I guess since a railroad goes through the tunnel, it’s technically the longest railroad crossing in North America too

[@earthlingjohn]

Curious about the red/green traffic lights at 5:08 ...

[@jessiesdroneadventures7464]

me too!

[@yukaira]

It may be a railway signal.

[@Casp3rrgeoedits]

@@yukairamost likely

[@tizmehere492]

We went through that tunnel on the train 37 years ago on our homeymoon!

[@jessiesdroneadventures7464]

how awesome!

[@sdgsuperstar]

The Anton Anderson Tunnel isn’t just a piece of infrastructure; it’s a symbol of ingenuity, adaptability, and Alaska’s rugged charm. Whether you're traveling by train or car, it offers a one-of-a-kind journey through history and engineering.

[@paulp575]

@jessiesdroneadventures7464 - I spent 5 years in Alaska 1970 to 1975. Never made it to Whittier. It was a bit further than I wanted to travel being stationed at Eielson AFB (26 miles SE of Fairbanks). As for that earthquake you mentioned: It was on Good Friday in 1964 and was the strongest ever recorded in North America - a 9.2. I think I read the second strongest ever recorded anywhere in the world. I was also there when the plane carrying Nick Begich disappeared. If I remember correctly they never found it because the story was that they most likely flew into the side of one of the mountains as the weather got worse as they flew southeast-ward and caused an avalanche which resulted in the airplane being buried in a lot of snow. Again, IIRC they even had the SR-71 with it's high tech radar scanning. Such a sad incident. BTW, loved your video. Job well done!

[@jessiesdroneadventures7464]

Hey thank you so much! enjoyed reading story! I think in the future Im going to do a video on that plane carrying Nick and the rest of the crew, its a story that pulls me in. Next trip to alaska is in april.....love it there! again thank you for sharing and I appreciate you checking out the video! 👍

[@williamthethespian]

For the record, when I was your age, follow-me videos would involve Bell helicopters (think M.A.S.H) and volcanoes (yep, plural) of ca$h. Yours are so professional , it's good to know your technical ancestors. Next , thanks for always including details in this and all your videos. And lastly, when this video ended it was like being suddenly awakened in the midst of a beautiful dream. ACK ! Give a guy a warning farewell, will ya! 😅😅

[@jessiesdroneadventures7464]

haha, I know what you mean....its crazy to think back in the day, in order to get aerial shots like this you either had to use a helicopter or something along the lines of a single engine plan. Now days, it can all be done without having to physically leave the ground...times certainly have changed. Thanks for checking out the video!!

[@timfischer]

All that empty space, and everyone lives in one building.

[@georgew.5639]

I passed through this tunnel in September of 2004.

[@jessiesdroneadventures7464]

👍

[@evan__kumar]

6:24 That’s the hotel we stayed at on July 29, 2013!

[@jessiesdroneadventures7464]

nice!

[@ChrisVargasrpht2000chris]

well done buddy, keep visiting new places when you get the chance.

[@jessiesdroneadventures7464]

You know I will! thanks for checking out the video Chris V!!!

[@ChrisVargasrpht2000chris]

@@jessiesdroneadventures7464 anytime you post I will watch

[@jessiesdroneadventures7464]

@@ChrisVargasrpht2000chris rock on! 🤘🤘

[@sanderhackerhd8369]

It would be so cool to drive fast through this tunnel! Imagine the sound!

[@thomastarwater6035]

Imagine driving in the tunnel and there’s a train coming at you because somebody fouled up on the schedule!

[@jessiesdroneadventures7464]

that would be awesome!

[@jessiesdroneadventures7464]

oh god!

[@MoonBunnyLovers]

Ah yes. A novel on the side of the road tells you your fee.

[@JamesAllmond]

Took the ferry to Whittier, once. Was with my wife and kid on a sidecar. Made us wait until all the cars went, then, an hour later in the rain, one guy in a truck came in from the other direction, then we got to go. Needless to say, hell will freeze over before I will ever do that again, Seward and Valdez and both much, much nicer and there really is no reason to go to Whittier, except that tunnel.

[@jessiesdroneadventures7464]

Thank you for sharing!

[@Acc0rd79]

We were just on an 11 day cruise on Norweigan Sun in May of this year, I love Alaska. We live in Central FL till the end of the year but every other year we try to get back to Alaska as I have never seen mountains like those except in Europe. I have done 4 Alaska cruises now but none were out of Seward, all Seattle and once in Vancouver (which I wouldn't recommend). Thanks for the views and journey! Alaska is just stunning.

[@jessiesdroneadventures7464]

hey no problem!!! alaska never gets old and even though I've been there twice, each time was about 5 days...its never enough! next time your there be sure to do a cruise out of Seward! you wont regret it. there is the major marine wildlife cruise in Seward and the Seward Excursions that I did in the video! I would recommend the seward excursion mainly because you get to go on land!.....also! I may be uploading another video in Alaska in the next couple weeks....based out of Seward!

[@MiloBalzer]

year 2000??? I remember driving thru that tunnel back in late seventies when I lived in Anchorage.

[@jessiesdroneadventures7464]

thats what the article stated 🤷‍♂️

[@PeterNGloor]

Back in the Eighties you had to load your vehicle including its contents on a car-train. It was very romantic. There are still two major car-train routes in Switzerland.

[@CubeAtlantic]

That road/highway is probably legit detailed on the tunnel mathetically, 25 or 40 mph.

[@greyjay9202]

Do Whittier residents have to pay that tunnel toll, every time they enter or leave town?

[@jessiesdroneadventures7464]

According to what I found on google....yes

[@futuretrunks5795]

That looks like a tunnel I went through in British Columbia recently this year on the Trans Canada 🇨🇦 there!

[@Wbfuhn]

Imagine top speed driving through the tunnel? It would have to be done on a day reserved for such a run that doesn't have any other vehicles traveling through.

[@fmlazar]

Historical trivia fact: Seward was the name of Abraham Lincoln's Secretary of State who negotiated the purchase of what was then Russian America. To critics, Alaska was known as Seward's Folly.

[@jessiesdroneadventures7464]

hey thanks for sharing!

[@aljanes3508]

I went through this tunnel. Had two flat tires on way out. Truck was going sideways upon driving out. 800 dollars later was back on the road

[@jessiesdroneadventures7464]

oh wow! what a journey...at least you were able to get back on the road

[@corywilliams458]

All I kept thinking,is what if you get a flat🥺

[@robertlyman9789]

What’s the alternative route if you don’t wanna pay?

[@christopherkeating4830]

Turn around.