Relocating to Alaska - hoping for the Mat-Su Burrough

[Barkingowl]

Originally Posted by HighlandLady

Have you had much moisture?

Yes. But it was all rain, which was great because we had a very bad drought last year. We're still under water restrictions. I think more because the powers that be know that the area can't support the population than because of shortages. It'll be an interesting summer for sure. I'm glad that I won't be here for the tail end of it.

[HighlandLady]

Are you venturing off to Alaska then? Myself, I am utterly thrilled that we are moving at the end of May. I don't believe I could handle the heat here another year. Of course, we took our vacation at the end of July/beginning of August and ventured off for hiking and Jeep trails in Moab, UT. That was a mistake! We left there and ventured off for the Rockies - Durango, Ouray, etc...and it was a delight to be away from the heat.

[Barkingowl]

Originally Posted by HighlandLady

Are you venturing off to Alaska then?

Yes. We're heading to Vancouver to cruise up to Whittier, then spending a week in the Mat-Su Valley.

Originally Posted by HighlandLady

Myself, I am utterly thrilled that we are moving at the end of May. I don't believe I could handle the heat here another year.

These climate shift are terrible.

Originally Posted by HighlandLady

Of course, we took our vacation at the end of July/beginning of August and ventured off for hiking and Jeep trails in Moab, UT. That was a mistake! We left there and ventured off for the Rockies - Durango, Ouray, etc...and it was a delight to be away from the heat.

Not much escape from the heat for us. We're lucky if we can escape from the humidity.

[HighlandLady]

The highlight- for me anyway - was going to Mesa Verde last year. And wouldn't it figure, we arrive in the midst of a deluge the likes they haven't seen in eons. The humidity was ghastly, we all were soaked through, but it cooled the air. Summers in Wyoming are always ghastly it seems. We rarely have a true 'Spring' here.

[Barkingowl]

I think the worst humidity I've experienced was in Panama. We went on a full transit of the Panama Canal & it was 100* with 100% humidity when it wasn't raining. The worst its been here so far was 117*, actual temperature, one day last summer.

[HighlandLady]

Good gawd. Wyoming doesn't have near the humidity as further south; but I could not imagine Panama. Oklahoma was horrid for the time I spent there. I think the highest we had here in Wyoming was 113º last summer. One can always adapt to the cold...layer, etc. It's the heat that is murder.

[Barkingowl]

THat's true. We had the AC running two days ago, now the heat is on.

[HighlandLady]

Originally Posted by Barkingowl

THat's true. We had the AC running two days ago, now the heat is on.

Heh...I was able to roll the windows down on the truck for one day last weekend and opened the windows in the living room for fresh air. That lasted a few hours Haven't done so since....the furnace is blasting, space heater is running. It's 14º. Which is nine degrees higher than Kuparuk.

[Barkingowl]

Originally Posted by HighlandLady

Heh...I was able to roll the windows down on the truck for one day last weekend and opened the windows in the living room for fresh air. That lasted a few hours Haven't done so since....the furnace is blasting, space heater is running. It's 14º. Which is nine degrees higher than Kuparuk.

So you're already acclimating yourself?

[HighlandLady]

Typical Wyoming weather. But, it has been many a year since I lived close to the Canadian border...so a little bit of acclimation doesn't hurt