SNOW!

I have been in Alaska a little over 2 weeks and can honestly say I am loving all of it! Well, maybe not the 75mph wind gusts while walking across a slippery parking lot, but everything else. I have never seen such amazing views EVERYWHERE you look. I am literally surrounded by mountains. My pictures hardly do it justice. It snowed about 8 inches a week ago and so most of my about town pictures are snow covered. However after the last 2 days of CRAZY wind a lot of it has blown away. Not only is it very difficult to drive in but it can make really big drifts that just come out of nowhere. I have used my 4 wheel more in the last 2 weeks than I had in all the years I owned my jeeps combined.  The first 2 pictures are of the view from my front door. One before the snow and one after. The rest are just what I am forced to look at as I am going to and from work and running errands. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My favorite time of day is "civil twilight". This was a new term for me and incase you aren't familiar with it either the technical definition is the time after sunset when the sun is less than 6 degrees below the horizon. It is the brightest phase of twilight and only the brightest stars can be seen. It seems almost magical to me. The mountains appear to be covered in glitter and the sky is amazing shades of pink and blue. It currently is about the time I am driving home everyday (4:30). I tried to capture it in the above photo but was not able to. You will all just have to come see it for yourself! Starting today the amount of darkness everyday is decreasing which is great because it is a little hard getting used to only have 5 hours of light. We will have 22 seconds more of light by tomorrow and I am going to enjoy all of it!



My favorite time of day is "civil twilight". This was a new term for me and incase you aren't familiar with it either the technical definition is the time after sunset when the sun is less than 6 degrees below the horizon. It is the brightest phase of twilight and only the brightest stars can be seen. It seems almost magical to me. The mountains appear to be covered in glitter and the sky is amazing shades of pink and blue. It currently is about the time I am driving home everyday. I tried to capture it in the above photo but was not able to. You will all just have to come see it for yourself! Starting today the amount of darkness everyday is decreasing which is great because it is a little hard getting used to only have 5 hours of light. We will have 22 seconds more of light by tomorrow and I am going to enjoy all of it.



 

 

 

 

 

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