High Noon.
The sun's not very high in the sky this close to Solstice, and the days are short, but the beauty of this place never ends. The Seward Highway heading south out of Anchorage along Turnagain Arm.
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It's been a bit frosty.
The entire Anchorage Bowl has been absolutely coated with thick hoarfrost the past week. The fog has been coming up the inlet at night; coating everything it can cling to. Grabbed a couple of quick shots late this afternoon as the sun was setting. Granted, the sun sets at 3:40 pm these days. Only a week to Solstice!
Moonrise. Sunset. Beauty all around.
This afternoon around 3:45pm. No matter which direction you looked. Gorgeous.
Time for a short winter break
We took advantage of some ridiculously low airfares and spent 5 days in San Diego--Pacific Beach to be specific, taking long walks on the beach, cruising the boardwalk on bikes and getting our fill of really good Mexican food. Our timing was perfect, it was -4ºF when we left, hit -8º while we were gone, and warmed up to a balmy 16º on our return :)
It's beginning to look a bit like Christmas, and Alaska.
We finally got a bit of snow overnight, maybe 4" of really light, fluffy stuff, so not much help for cross-country skiing, but at least it looks like Alaska again! This is the first real snow we've had since the middle of October.
