The 2010 season is winding down. There are still 15 days of active fall season ahead of us. Personally speaking, of all the seasons we experience in Alaska, fall is my favorite. All along the parks highway traveling from Anchorage north to Denali National Park and further north to Fairbanks, one can experience the gradual [...]
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Toninght we sit at the kitchen table mapping out the route we are going to take tomorrow. We want to end up at the top to watch the sunset; this late in the season, sunset is around 10pm and lasts a long time. We want to do some berry and mushroom gathering. This wasn’t going to be [...]
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The weather changes so frequently and yet it’s like the same thing everyday. I have learned while living here for the past 11 years, that rain does not matter when you have a vacation to complete. Alaska Rain is not thunderous, no light shows hardly any wind will accompany it. Looking on the bright [...]
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Weather is unpredictable. It’s a cure of the modern world; we can plan for everything except the changing winds. We try to predict whether or not the weekend will be clear and sunny, or hazy, or rainy, but the truth is that we have a very limited view on weather patterns. For instance, today started [...]
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The saying goes that if you don’t like the weather in Alaska, wait 5 minutes and check again. Nothing could be truer. With all the massive mountains, deep valleys and rugged coast (bordering two oceans), Alaska’s weather can be predictably unpredictable. Sometimes we get cold weather from Canada; sometimes we get a warm front off [...]
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