Last year I saw ladybugs on occasion but did not pay attention to them very much. This spring I noticed that they were one of the first insects to ...
Castner Glacier & the road there and back
Last year a friend of mine posted some amazing pictures from a day trip she had made to Castner glacier. She shared photos of exploring an ...
Ice crystals & blue skis at -35 F
It was a cold day, but after a morning sitting in my office for the first time in several weeks I needed to get out. I bundled up and after ...
Post-Apocalyptic Ice formations
A little over a week ago I was walking on the frozen river when I felt my feet crunching through a thin layer of ice down to the solid ice below. The ...
The Four Crystal Types
The weather the past week has been more typical of this time of year with temperatures hovering between +10 and -10 F. These are very good ...
Sun, Birds, & Ice
Today was the first sunny day we've had in a while. The sun did not rise till close to 11 am and set again at just before 3 pm so although the sun ...
-20 F Lunchtime walk
The skies started clearing yesterday and the temperature plummeted. I'd been thinking earlier this week how much I'd been missing the sun. We had an ...
Chatanika Valley Snowshoe
I headed out this morning a bit later than I had hoped. I'd initially planned on leaving a bit before 10 am (sunrise was at 9:57 am) but when I ...
A very windy day
The wind was howling as I drove down into the Chatanika valley yesterday morning. It was just after sunrise, the temperature was hovering at 5 F ...
Sun & Ice in the Chatanika Valley today
It was just below zero when I started walking this morning around 10 am. The sun had risen about 30 minutes earlier, but was still just barely above ...