Hola Oyster Scientists!
It was twelve degrees below zero when I walked out of the Fairbanks airport at 1:30 am on Sunday morning. Brrrr! How much colder is that than it was in DC today? I didn't really notice the cold though because I was so excited to be here. I couldn't believe that I had already seen something new! Coming in for touchdown, I felt like I was landing on the moon. Outside the window of the plane, ribbons of white light were dancing in the sky. They looked like martian highways! These lights, the Northern Lights or aurora borealis, are something that I have always wanted to see and there they were outside the window of my Alaska Airlines window seat 9A; a welcome banner to Alaska! Are these mysterious lights really UFOs? Find out... google it! Sunday must really be a day of rest in Fairbanks because walking the streets the next morning, not a person was to be seen! Things are really different from DC! These are a few of the differences...
You can't see the asphalt. Cars drive on the snow all winter long- no snow days off here!
The sidewalks look like tunnels in the snow. Don't leave home without your boots!
The river is completely frozen and covered with snow. I thought that it was just another road because it is covered in tracks.
There's a skating rink made of ice blocks! Too bad I didn't bring ice skates!
Icicles, icicles, icicles!!!
Tomorrow I'm going to a dogsled race and later in the week I will check out an ice-carving contest. I miss you guys! Send Hedgie my love! Be good for Mr. Matt and I will write again soon! Ms. W