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Headed toward winter - 10/27/2008 10:07 am
Tactical error - 10/21/2008 4:59 pm
Lovin' winter - 10/21/2008 2:11 pm
Is it really winter? - 10/15/2008 10:56 am
A week later ... - 10/6/2008 8:09 am
A wonderful fall day - 10/5/2008 5:38 pm
Winter on its way - 10/3/2008 4:25 pm
Ring of Fire riders - 10/2/2008 4:59 pm
Moose, bear and a chill in the air - 9/30/2008 3:31 pm
Autumn arrives - 9/21/2008 6:21 pm
So long summer ... - 9/17/2008 6:23 pm
A weekend on Kachemak Bay - 9/14/2008 10:09 pm
Enjoying summer's end - 9/3/2008 7:16 pm
Celebrate a new Anchorage park - 8/21/2008 4:08 pm
Crolf in Seward - 8/15/2008 4:40 pm
A whale of a time - 8/11/2008 4:49 pm
Wonderful wildflowers - 8/8/2008 10:47 am
Feeling summery - 8/7/2008 1:48 pm
More trouble for trains - 8/1/2008 1:21 pm
Rains impact Alaska Railroad - 7/30/2008 3:06 pm
Posted: October 15, 2008 - 10:56 am
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It looks and feels like winter.
Yesterday, Gina was talking about pulling out her old cross-country skis and heading down to the Hillside trails. Time didn't allow for a ski on Tuesday, but I bet she'll hit the trails today -- even if nothing is groomed.
Yesterday, I was on the phone with an official with the Nordic Skiing Association of Anchorage. NSAA is hosting a bunch of big ski events this winter.
I also spent some time talking with the executive director of Fur Rendezvous. We talked about how sometimes the weather isn't cooperative for the mid-winter festival. She said she has determined that Alaskans turn out for Rondy whether it's snowy and cold or not.
Maybe she's right, but here's hoping our early start to winter means that we get a real winter. We got shortchanged in the summer department. Autumn had some great days, but it came to a crashing end about 10 days ago.
It sure looks like winter. We might as well embrace it and hope it's the best season of the year.
-- Steve
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