Winter Wonderland

It has pretty much been a dreary, cold and gray week. Not much sunshine or daylight to be found, but much to my surprise on Tuesday this bright ball of beautiful light appeared in the BLUE sky (hooray). So I bundled up and grabbed my camera and headed for the COLD outdoors. I think it was 5 degrees but that was okay. It was great to be out in the sunshine. It was a really beautiful morning. The cold weather had left a cocoon of frost on everything.

Traction means safety

Alaska is not all about the snow. Any snow this time of year is Christmas magic! But thanks to warmer temperatures and some freezing rain a week or so ago we have a glistening, slippery layer of ice to go with the snow. So what is person to do? Most of the time we can be found doing the easy does it, don't fall and break your butt shuffle. After a few near misses with the lack of traction I broke out the fashionable Yak Tracks. Not too pretty but sure adds confidence to every step. Now I have "Happy Feet".