It's Official

"As of Monday Anchorage has had 30 consecutive rainy days, beating its previous record of 27 days set in 1951.

If the overcast weather holds up, Anchorage is going to smash that record. Meteorologists say we can expect rain through Tuesday and Wednesday, and possibly for several days after that.

It doesn't need to be a downpour to count as a rainy day: all it takes is a trace of rain at the airport, or the National Weather Service."

- from KTUU Channel 2

Here's the kicker....Fairbanks is 300 miles NNE of Wasilla, and it has been sunny and in the 90's for most of the summer! Maybe we'll get up there yet this summer and dry out for a weekend!

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Last Saturday, we went for a drive. We went north of Palmer and found this scenic pullout:




These pictures really don't do it justice...



You can't really tell from the picture, but it's a long way down to the bottom!



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My children have an obsession with "Mack Trucks" stemming from the Disney movie "Cars." The last few days there has been a lot of truck activity in the dirt lot that our window overlooks.


Hours of watching out the window. Christopher loves that bulldozer. :)