Another nice one!

Saturday my friend, Genevieve, and I got out and walked almost four miles on the Tony Knowles Coastal Trail and Chester Creek Trail. It was a beautiful afternoon with highs in the mid 40s. Many people were out walking, jogging, and riding those fat tire bikes along the route.

 We stopped for a minute to enjoy the beauty of Westchester Lagoon.

There were no ice hockey players out on the ice today as it has gotten too thin.

 It was so nice to enjoy some light and other subtle signs of spring.

This small creek still had some snow around it.

We had to walk through two tunnels and both of them were filled with snow and ice. The ducks seem to know the ice won't stay around much longer.

They didn't let it get in their way of an afternoon swim. As you can tell from this photo, the ice has really begun to melt in this small marshy area.

I know the pics aren't up to the usual professional detail and quality. Greg won't trust me out with the nice camera if he's not there to supervise! He had other afternoon plans and couldn't get out with me. Hopefully, he can get out next weekend and capture a few nice shots with his camera.

Beautiful Day

After not much of a real winter, spring has arrived in Alaska. We haven't had any more snow. This season it has only snowed about 20.5 inches. Not even two feet of snow!! Crazy. The way it has been lately, sunny and in the 40s every day, the outlook for any more snow doesn't seem too promising. By this point we are ready for some nice weather anyway.

 Today I got out during my lunchtime and rode out toward the airport.

Cook Inlet had some very small ice chunks floating in the current.

 I did manage to catch a couple pics of two bald eagles enjoying the afternoon sun.

 They were just perched in the tree surveying the surrounding area.

 It was quite an enjoyable break from work. Thanks Jen for driving me around and letting me enjoy the sunshine!

Fur Rondy begins

It's Fur Rendezvous time again in Anchorage! Although you could barely tell it by looking around. We have had two-tenths of an inch of snow since we last blogged. This brings us to 20.5 inches for the season. Pitiful! As of right now, we are still at the second lowest snowfall totals for a season. We have about 2 months of winter left, so you never know. There has been so little snow that the sled dog races have been cancelled here. The ceremonial start for the Iditarod will still take place on Saturday. I hope they have enough snow stockpiled to make the course!

Last Saturday I took a few pictures of the Frostbite Footrace.

The costumes were as flamboyant as ever!

 This afternoon, Greg and I went down and took pictures of the snow sculptures.

With the temps being in the mid 30s lately,

 we were too late on a few of the sculptures.

Parts of some sculptures had melted and collapsed.

Here's my favorite. The Stay Puft marshmallow man!

 Here are some images from the movie Frozen. 

I'm headed out of here for Spring Break so we'll have to catch up later!