View along the drive to Fairbankshttp://www.uaf.edu/journal/extreme/xdream/Out/gettingout/index.html (Link to an article I wrote about AK in college)
I had forgotten the mystic feeling of Fairbanks in the summer. We are nearing solstice so the days linger and the sun shines well into the night. Some of my fondest memories of home are days that ran into nights under the midnight sun. Everyone has way more energy and people are mowing their lawns and waking their dogs well past midnight. Rather than have an actual sunset, the sky just kind of turns into dusk and is sprinkled with pink, orange, and fiery highlights.
Whatever Alaska does, it does it to the extreme. We can't just have some sunshine or a bit of snow. The sun blasts nearly 24 hours and pumpkins grow to be bigger than people or we'll have 2 feet of snow dumped on us in early May. I wonder what the vision of "extreme" is in some of the other cities that Scott and I will live in. I am sure that each place will have its own rendition and it will be fun to find out what they are. Maybe it'll be "extreme fog" in San Francisco - or "extreme rain" in Seattle. At this point I am much more akin to "extreme sun" in Hawaii but I guess it'll all come in due time.
Scott is working his butt off in Anchorage - 10 more days until he checks out of his unit and can join me here in the Banks - yeaa!! I am heading to Gulkana next week to slay some king salmon. Hopefully we'll catch some fish but the secret is we would love it even if we didn't. There is nothing like spending time with family, fishing and rafting under the midnight sun. : )
Whatever Alaska does, it does it to the extreme. We can't just have some sunshine or a bit of snow. The sun blasts nearly 24 hours and pumpkins grow to be bigger than people or we'll have 2 feet of snow dumped on us in early May. I wonder what the vision of "extreme" is in some of the other cities that Scott and I will live in. I am sure that each place will have its own rendition and it will be fun to find out what they are. Maybe it'll be "extreme fog" in San Francisco - or "extreme rain" in Seattle. At this point I am much more akin to "extreme sun" in Hawaii but I guess it'll all come in due time.
Scott is working his butt off in Anchorage - 10 more days until he checks out of his unit and can join me here in the Banks - yeaa!! I am heading to Gulkana next week to slay some king salmon. Hopefully we'll catch some fish but the secret is we would love it even if we didn't. There is nothing like spending time with family, fishing and rafting under the midnight sun. : )
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I saw your bulletin to your blog on myspace. You make me homesick for somewhere I haven't been in 12 years! I would love to go back sometime.
I have a blogspot too, boringly about my kids. :) I think the link should show up in my signature.
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