The solstice has come and gone AND NOW, ACCORDING TO THE NEWSPAPER, WE ARE LOSING 3 MINUTES OF SUNLIGHT DAILY!!!!  But, at least, it happens between 3 and 4 in the morning, so we’re not affected.
We went to Seward for David’s company trip which, this year, was a halibut fishing trip.  What a wonderful time.  [...]

I was lucky enough to be able to go to a conference in Washington D.C., so, of course, I took a side trip to Philly where I stayed with Layla and her busy family, , got to see Meadow at an ice skating performance, saw great friends, picked up  a spinning wheel, got bumped from [...]

We went on a long Memorial weekend trip up the haul road, originally ending in Wiseman, but then deciding to push on to Galbreath Lake.  What a great idea!
We left Fairbanks about 5:30 Friday eveing, which, of ocurse, is no hardship, since it NEVER GETS DARK anymore. We camped about 3 hours up the haul [...]

Well, it is May 20 and we have officially been away from Schwenksville for 1 year. Wow! A blink of an eye. Every time I think of the fact that a whole year has gone by my stomach gives a lurch. What a speck of time and how much has happened!
May and snow! It is [...]

We are anxiously awaiting the results of the Nenana Ice Classic when the tripod driven into the Tanana River at Nenena shfits with the breaking ice, thus pulling a string which stops the clock which records the official day, hour and minute of break-up. Everyone in AK bets on the date, at $2.50 a pop [...]

Well we wanted to try all Alaska has to offer, so, of course, when David received an email at work asking for folks to come out to the curling club on a Saturday morning for a lesson, he signed us up. You know curling…the little stones with handles that are floated down the ice while [...]

Well, the sunlight has come pouring back and daylight savings time has certainly helped. We are gaining about 6 minutes a day and now it gets light-ish at about 7 am (I don’t have to wear a headlight whent aking Fred out for his morning walk) and dark-ish around 8:30 pm. And it was getting [...]

Well, from New Year’s Day until about January 13 we have been at -45 and lower every day. Of course, from Christmas Day we have been at -30 and lower. Friday, January 16 we hit +51. By my count that’s a 96 degree difference. 
Check out David out surveying on one of the colder days.  Notice [...]

Well, it is December 30 and it is truly cold…and has been for the past 3 days. It has gone down to -40 and seems to be staying there.This is how I look now when I go outside.  Its no easy task between getting me loaded up with clothes and then Fred outfitted as well.  [...]

Well, it is now December, the solstice has come and gone and we are now gaining seconds of sunlight rather than losing minutes of daylight.  we now have about 3 hours and 45 minutes of sunlight which means that the sun rises around 11 am and goes down about 2:45.  however, the dawn is quite [...]