Our house
in December
More tourist and visitors this year. Yummy! A good treat and
snack for the locals (bears that is). Polar Bears in the North,
Brown Bears to the South and Grizzly's locally. Are people really
that stupid? The tourist or a hiker who takes a casual walk and
is never seen again. It happens very frequently.
This year it was a cyclist that was mauled
along a trail during a
24-hour race sponsored by the Arctic Bicycle Club of
Anchorage.
The today show coverage, July,1,
2008.
A look at the local weather. It is
now that time of year when we wished it was a little cooler. For
June 26th, the outside
temperature is 70 while inside it is 72.
The Yukon
Quest started from downtown Fairbanks this year. The temperatures
were in the -40 range with very dense ice fog. This was too cold for us to stand
out there and freeze. So we did the civilized thing and watched it
on TV, Channel 11. It was broadcast live this year and everything
worked. Here is a short video of the
start from KTVF, Fairbanks.
The new temperature record for this winter and for February 2008,
has been -45. Click HERE for the photo.
A
photo
of the final breakup taken of the Chena River near Fairbanks.
The Today
Show
featured Neil Sedaka singing
some of his oldies.
Our
Daughter and Grandkids made the non-stop trip from Atlanta to
Fairbanks during the first week in October and were able to enjoy
the cold weather and snow with us. A trip like that for us is too
far, and we definitely would not enjoy being all cramped up
with our knees in our face. The solution is to go first class.
Here is a SlideShow using a
few of their photos.
My other web sites:
Sternwheelers
Tanana Valley Railroad
Clinchfield Railroad
K4TQI
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