LONGEST DAY
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Some people around here drive up to Eagle Summit on the Steese Highway, where the sun doesn't set at all on June 21st. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eagle_Summit_(Alaska)
Some people go to the all-night street festival in downtown Fairbanks, and listen to music, buy from the food booths and the vendors of trinkets and such. There's a midnight baseball game, the Midnight Sun Fun Run (often run in costume) starts at 10 pm, there's a music festival up in Chatinika. Summer and winter solstice are both noteworthy events here because our extremes in weather and daylight are so much governed by the light. It's normal here to be out cutting the lawn at 11 in the summer, or working in the garden in the middle of the night. Sleeping is for wintertime.
It's birthday week at our house--my daughter tomorrow and my son on Sunday--so it's a very, very busy week here.
Some people go to the all-night street festival in downtown Fairbanks, and listen to music, buy from the food booths and the vendors of trinkets and such. There's a midnight baseball game, the Midnight Sun Fun Run (often run in costume) starts at 10 pm, there's a music festival up in Chatinika. Summer and winter solstice are both noteworthy events here because our extremes in weather and daylight are so much governed by the light. It's normal here to be out cutting the lawn at 11 in the summer, or working in the garden in the middle of the night. Sleeping is for wintertime.
It's birthday week at our house--my daughter tomorrow and my son on Sunday--so it's a very, very busy week here.
The nude thing in Alaska is not recommended, mosquitoes would have a field day. 
Here it starts getting dark around 1:30 AM & starts getting light around 2:30 AM.
Not really dark dark unless it's cloudy, more like dusk.
Think I'll go fishing. Save going to bed until winter.
Here it starts getting dark around 1:30 AM & starts getting light around 2:30 AM.
Not really dark dark unless it's cloudy, more like dusk.
Think I'll go fishing. Save going to bed until winter.
Heading out fishing now, will be back tomorrow. Will shut the boat down, have a few beer and sandwiches at 1:30 am and pull anchor to start fishin again by 2:30 am. Be home by 5 am and go to work. Just had a 2hr nap. Ready to goooooooooo.
Diesel Smoke said:
well . . . something like that . . .
Shoot me a PM if you ever decide life is too short not to go forth and carpe diem (or carpe carp--seize the fish) and you whistle up the brown dog and do a road trip up the Alcan. I'd love to hear about the life of a woodburner in the Bronx.
Nothing different about today as yesterday or tomorrow for me. Just means that in a few months it will be cold and dark is all.
Diesel Smoke said:
Pray the YANKEES get some better pitching, even better just beat BOSTON!
GO YANKS
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Just like today, thank God for another day.
Snowleopard, I've sort of had a hankering to be in your area sometime on the first day of summer. The only time I've been there though so far was in August. It was still very nice but I did not stay up to see when it got dark. These days sleep seems more important to me. However, I do hope that some day before I leave this earth that I can be there to see some northern lights from your angle. They have always fascinated me and I hope they always do.
Where we live now we rarely see them but when we lived in Michigan's Upper Peninsula we saw some awesome shows. Dang, I miss being up there....
Snowleopard, I've sort of had a hankering to be in your area sometime on the first day of summer. The only time I've been there though so far was in August. It was still very nice but I did not stay up to see when it got dark. These days sleep seems more important to me. However, I do hope that some day before I leave this earth that I can be there to see some northern lights from your angle. They have always fascinated me and I hope they always do.
Where we live now we rarely see them but when we lived in Michigan's Upper Peninsula we saw some awesome shows. Dang, I miss being up there....
I spent it dancing around naked around an unlit pile of wood . . . . I mean you wouldn't expect me to waste my wood by burning it up now in the Summer right? . . . The way I see it, we're now on the back half and sliding back towards the cooler burning weather . . . (granted we should hopefully have many days of nice, hot summer weather first) . . . but that said . . . it's time to get cracking on getting 2011-2012's wood put up and start working on next season's wood.
. . . The way I see it, we're now on the back half and sliding back towards the cooler burning weather . . . (granted we should hopefully have many days of nice, hot summer weather first) . . . but that said . . . it's time to get cracking on getting 2011-2012's wood put up and start working on next season's wood.
I heard that the thru-hikers on the Appalachian trail get naked and hike rambo style for a few miles.
...will make a mental note for next year...
GAMMA RAY said:
Gama, just dont go to bed then. There is lots of time for that in the winter. Take up fishin or something.
Cheers
north of 60 said:
I am very very :snake: cranky when I don't get enough beauty sleep......I wish I could live on just a few hours....BTW...I love fishin...have not been in a while....have a huge pond across the street...you need a "connection" to fish there....Gonna work on that....I don't foresee a problem...I can be very persuasive .... :lol:
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