Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Alaska On TV

CNN made a trip to Little Diomede, Alaska. Here is the link to view the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mg0l-PinkZE Also, Discovery Channel is running a series on the Iditarod. View details at: http://dsc.discovery.com/tv/iditarod/iditarod.html Particularly read about Rick Holt, I used to work with him when he worked for Bering Strait School District. http://dsc.discovery.com/tv/iditarod/bios/holt.html

Thursday, October 2, 2008

Days Are Getting Shorter

Wow, is it really that time of year again, shorter days, frost, cold... Right now, 2:30pm Thursday, it is 35 degrees. Daylight today of 11 hours 8 minutes, loss of 6 minutes 32 seconds from yesterday. Possibility of snow tonight, tomorrow, next few days. Where did the summer go? What little of a summer we had this year. But, the sun is shining and the Northern Lights were out last night when I was driving home from work. Here's to the start of another winter, snow, parka's, snowmachines, blustery wind...