I don't want to admit that the days of darkness and temperatures down to -60 are on the way. Last year it snowed the day before my daughters birthday, May 12. It will be a long time until we have warm weather here again.
So to make myself a little more excited, I'm going to share some of my favorite things about winters in Alaska.
The World Ice carving Championships
Ice Slides
Ice Tunnels
More Ice slides, this time with sleds
Mosquitoes that don't bite
Sled Rides from my kids
Cool, although a bit depressing time lapse photos of how much sunlight we get in the middle of winter.
Photo courtesy of UAF
And of course, last but not least, the northern lights. I'm pretty sure this right here makes up for all of it.
Image credit: http://joey-holliday.com/
Does anyone else already have snow? What are some of your favorite winter activities?
This is awesome!! I know so little about Alaska- I love your winter wonderland posts.
ReplyDeleteI'd love to see the northern lights someday but hopefully it will just be on vacation ha ha.
ReplyDeleteI have a couch you can sleep on during your stay. :)
DeleteWow! This is amazing...such a different place from Florida...lol!! I forget there are really magical winter lands like where you live!
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