snow

Here's a photo of my favorite van in Talkeetna, Alaska, along with the snow that has accumulated. Taken April 3, 2011.

This photo was taken in Portage, Alaska, on Sunday, February 27, 2011. As you can see, winter in Alaska is pretty darned cold.

It's November 2 -- Election Day, 2010 -- and the overnight has dropped a blanket of snow on us here in Wasilla, Alaska. Here's the view out my front window at 8:40 a.m. on this dark and snowy morning. As for the Alaska Senate race, we're all curious to see who will win. There are signs up in many areas for Joe Miller (Republican primary winner and Tea Party candidate) and Lisa Murkowski (Republican primary loser, incumbent, write-in candidate), though I haven't seen any signs for "the other guy" (the Democratic candidate).

This is a photo of one of the side streets here in Wasilla, Alaska, following a very small snowfall two days ago. Neighbors who have lived here for years tell me that they usually don't bother to plow the side roads here after a little snow shower, so roads like this that would have been unusable in Kentucky are a fact of life here in Wasilla -- for the entire six-month winter!

I woke up this morning (October 29, 2010) here in Wasilla, Alaska to find the first significant snow on my car. We had a smaller snowfall a few days ago, followed by melting the next day, but it looks like this snow is going to be with us until next April.

From the comfort of my Wasilla, Alaska apartment the morning of October 29, 2010, the snow and ice on the trees from our snow shower last night looks beautiful.

Here's a view of what I woke up to this morning (October 29, 2010) in Wasilla, Alaska: A bit of snow and ice, the first precipitation of the year that looks like it's going to last until next April or May.

September 27, 2010, and the "termination dust" (first snowfall) has landed in Wasilla, Alaska. This view of the mountain range in Wasilla was taken from the Walmart parking lot.

A welcome sign ... after a long day of driving, I pulled into Haines Junction one winter day, and came across this small hotel, and a very welcome 'Vacancy' sign.

Here I am, just driving down the road somewhere in Canada in the middle of winter, and I come across a pack of Caribou on the side of the road. So glad to see them on the side of the road -- usually they stand in the middle of the road, which can be quite a surprise to all of us.