Alaska

I'm here working in Alaska for two weeks. It's gorgeous - and freezing. Actually, well below freezing. The first week I was here the temperature stayed between about -15 and 0. I did get to go on a flightseeing tour over Denali National Park - including Mount McKinley - the tallest mountain in North America. It was AWESOME. I had a dog sled ride arranged, but the day we were going to do it it was too cold, the guy said, and the second time there had been freezing rain that had iced over the trails. Bummer, but I guess it wasn't meant to be! I did get to go to a small town for a Wilderness Woman competition, which was hilarious. I guess it used to be an old mining town and back in the day they would get mail order brides from California. So there was a spoof that came off of that - that their women had to be able to chop wood and shoot guns and haul water, etc. So now they have women come from all over for the competition to do just that and more. It was pretty dang funny. Anyway, it would be nice to come back sometime in the summer!