April Snow

Two weeks ago looked to be the last of the snow. The river was thawing and in some areas you could see that there is grass beneath that fluffy white stuff. Kelly even took down some of the lights. The kids were even getting excited about going to the playground and not worrying about sticking to the metal poles. With all that said it was much to my surprise to wake up this morning and find six inches of snow with more on the way. Needless to say, I think the upcoming T-ball league for the kids will probably be delayed. Other interesting note, it is light out before 6 am and doesn't get dark until about 11 pm. We will have to get some blackout material for the kids bedroom so we stop hearing the excuse at bedtime "but the sun isn't down...".

Week of True Winter

This past week was the icon of winter in Alaska. Monday we started out at -40 which puts a heck of a chill in the air. Thursday I woke up to a foot of extra snow that accumulated over the night. Instead of running I went snow shoeing which was more of a workout. With all this powder, skiing, tubing, and/or snow machining may be on for the weekend. -B

Dog Sledding

BECK went on a dog sled ride through the Birch Hill woods. One of the "100 things to do in Alaska" we did not mind getting tugged behind some supper energetic pups through some nice winter scenery. It was a nice warm day at -5 and the snow seemed to pose on the trees for a photo. -BECK