Ten below zero this morning and clear skies! (Nenana, Tanana: homes, cabins)

[starlite9]

Originally Posted by blueflames50

are you out at the camp??? or where?? our fall here in the North East really has been mild...not great foliage but highs and lows with temps. by the way I am going to PM you regarding how your do'n health wise in a few days there big guy!!

Nope, not at the camp, but would like to be. Still have to do the daily drives up to Fairbanks for the radiation treatments, have about three weeks left.

Today was really nice though, had to drive to Fairbanks again today, but for shopping duties.

The drive home tonight was really nice with about a 7/8's full moon or so, the sky was clear and cold. In the hills, it was about 15 above, when I went past Nenana, it dropped to about -13 or so. Figure about midnight, the Northern Lights should be out to some extent.

[starlite9]

Originally Posted by Metlakatla

Have you taken any pictures? I kinda miss the cold and clear days.

Not since the snow came, maybe I will tomorrow of before and after the snow.

[swdavis55]

I will be in fairbanks and north pole Dec. 10-14. I really wanna see the aurora. Are they out during that time of the year there?

[starlite9]

Originally Posted by swdavis55

I will be in fairbanks and north pole Dec. 10-14. I really wanna see the aurora. Are they out during that time of the year there?

Should be, they normally are the best about two AM or so.

Was up then last night, just saw a faint green band of them last night...bummer.

[warptman]

Will be a nice ride to work...I need to dig up my winter coat soon, sweater and raincoat isn't cutting it.

Bethel, Alaska (Airport)

Clear
8 °F / -13 °C
Clear
Windchill: -8 °F / -22 °C
Humidity: 83%
Dew Point: 4 °F / -16 °C
Wind: 14 mph / 22 km/h / 6.2 m/s from the NNE
Pressure: 29.96 in / 1014 hPa (Steady)
Visibility: 10.0 miles / 16.1 kilometers
UV: 0 out of 16
Clouds:
Clear -
(Above Ground Level)

[Isaysos]

The sun is finally out here. Nice November day about 60 Degress F. We have had so much rain in the last few weeks though, the fields look like swamps and the farmers cant get their crops out, I feel bad for them. Rainiest fall I can ever remember. "They" say its supposed to be a warm winter because of El Nino though. We'll see about that.

[starlite9]

Well another crisp clear morning with the temp touching -20 this morning. Moon as been so bright the last few nights, you can see as if it was daylight. With the snow on the ground, it makes it even brighter. Was hoping for the Northern Lights to be out, but not a sliver last night, but the stars were out in full force!

[tigre79]

Originally Posted by starlite9

Been a really nice fall, in the 30's to mid 20's at night. Got a bit of snow a few days ago, but overall... it has been one of the nicer falls in some time.

Today it is a clear crisp sky and we have about six inches of snow on the ground. Looking out the windows, we have critter tracks all over the yard.

Installed some new motion lights this summer and they keep turning on at night with a fox, moose or other critter that ran off before I could look out there, kinda neat.

What has your fall been like?

If I believed in heaven, this is what I would want it to be like. That sounds absolutely outstanding.

It's really nice here tonight. About 68 right now with a light breeze. This is actually a cold front that blew in on Halloween. I was out camping on one of our few undeveloped barrier islands that night and it got pretty windy, but not too bad. In the morning it was breezy and overcast and you could see the salt spray hanging in the air a ways down the beach. We've been having the summer that never ends but it looks like it's really going to start cooling down now.

[starlite9]

Originally Posted by tigre79

If I believed in heaven, this is what I would want it to be like. That sounds absolutely outstanding.

It's really nice here tonight. About 68 right now with a light breeze. This is actually a cold front that blew in on Halloween. I was out camping on one of our few undeveloped barrier islands that night and it got pretty windy, but not too bad. In the morning it was breezy and overcast and you could see the salt spray hanging in the air a ways down the beach. We've been having the summer that never ends but it looks like it's really going to start cooling down now.

I have always like the ocean, no matter where I was in the world on a ship.

In the Tropics, the sky at night would be clear and the horizon looked like a distant battle with thunder storms all the way around us with flashing lights as if artillery was firing from every point. I use to sit up on the fantail at night with a cup of coffee before going on watch and sit and watch the show.

The storms in the Gulf of Alaska were always neat to be on the bridge and watch the ship roll over the huge waves and crash down into the troughs, the prop would come out of the water on the down-run and when it hit the water, the whole ship would shudder with each blade hit... (that was 180' CG Buoy Tender)

Going through the Bermuda Triangle, the water was so flat you couldn't tell the horizon line from the blue sky to the water, only the sun gave you an idea from seeing one in the sky and it's reflection off the water. The ship's wake went off into nowhere...

Anyway, I am wandering... Got to sit on the beach in 1989 during the EXXON Valdez oil spill, got all the workers off and back to the boats, but it got too rough to get the last bunch of us off safely, so we spent the night on the beach by a big fire... I told the Coast Guard, EXXON, ADEC and VECO supervisors all the worse case bear stories I could think of (remember that Timothy got eaten some years later by that beach). I then climbed under the mountain of driftwood to get some sleep knowing those guys were going to keep the fire burning really hot and I drifted off to sleep with the waves crashing on the beach a few hundred yards away....lol

[nwcountrygal]

Good Luck with the next couple of weeks Starlite!
Was on the OR coast last week it was nice and a good first storm came in.

Today/Tommarrow in WA will be more than not our last nice days till spring. Tonight freezing 31 first frost ... tomarrow supposed to be lower 60's. New paint on the MT's and they looked pretty! Here is a shot from today of Mt Rainier, Mt Adams, Mt Hood in OR and Mt St Helens if I can attach! Good luck everyone for the winter! All the pics from the blast zone of MT St Helens - lots really growing back after all these years!