4 feb 2012 winter heaven

Moose Ridge Trail, Far North Bicentennial Park
Perfect winter weather finally found it's way to south-central Alaska.  The weather this winter seems to swing between hurricane winds and arctic freeze.  The snow has been abundant but so many days and evenings it's been hard for me to motivate to get out into the cold or wind.  At the beginning of last week, the thermometer rose to the teens.  Then by Wednesday it was freezing rain.  Sanity returned with 20s and heavy snowfall all day on Friday.  By the end of the day we had 16" of fluffy white snow at our house and the nearby park.

On Saturday the skies started to clear and we headed to a trail network that we haven't skied yet this year.  It seemed like everyone else did, too.  Any sane Anchorage resident was out enjoying the perfect combination of fresh snow and mid-teens temperatures.  We had never seen so many people skiing here and were surprised at how packed the trail already was.  We were all smiling and friendly.  This is why we live in Alaska.

3 comments:

Katey Schultz said...

Yup, I was there that day, too. Nice photo! Do you have a "follow" button on this blog, too? Couldn't find it.

corinne said...

Hi Katey ~ I don't have a follow button. a few people follow and have done it the 'manual' method from their dashboard. ~corinne

corinne said...

why not be a little more tech-savvy? i added a followers button and list down on the right side, between the archive and the peaceful beasties.