We seriously only had three days of spring. after my post last week, things warmed up considerably, and as we hit the memorial day weekend it was in the 70s, AKA summer. We didn't have a 'melt'. It all just evaporated.
We drove to Anchorage to sight see. It was the most amazing ride through the Alaska range. It is absolutely amazing. there was snow still on the ground and near denali it was still in the 30s. We saw a moose and her calf and a herd of caribou (wild reindeer basically) blocking our road on the highway. We also drove the first 20 minutes of the seward highway south of anchorage and stopped at a wetlands migratory preserve just on the edge of the city. didn't catch the name though because we just stopped by on a whim. :( everything was so BEAUTIFUL. I totally get why people fall in love with this state.
Anchorage on the other hand was your typical big city with traffic and the usual stores and restaurants you don't get in fairbanks. Traffic was annoying, and we realized we really didn't miss Target or Applebee's as much as we thought.
We spoke to a random lady at the preserve about a school in Anchorage that has a Japanese immersion program. We went to look at the area and seemed like it would be something we'd definitely be interested! It was on the south side of town (meaning close to the seward highway) and it is a lakeside community. I almost want Paul to ETS 100% (unless we get stationed in Japan). We are actually selling our condo now just in case we do want to move there. It was kind of exciting to see what our lives could be outside of the army.
oh and there is a huge Target AND a Fred Meyers. didn't miss Target *that* much? who am I kidding. :)
Tuesday, May 28, 2013
Monday, May 20, 2013
spring is finally here ;)
we had snow on saturday (high did not even reach 32). even locals and long time residents were swearing under their breath on how cold it was at the farmers market, but in the most alaska-esque way, people streamed in, looked around, ate, and drove away. temperature was not bad at all but the windchill was pretty killer..
we had snow on saturday (high did not even reach 32). even locals and long time residents were swearing under their breath on how cold it was at the farmers market, but in the most alaska-esque way, people streamed in, looked around, ate, and drove away. temperature was not bad at all but the windchill was pretty killer..
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