Warmth

This week our thermometers read nearly eighty degrees higher than they have for the last several weeks. It was alarming how quickly our temperatures shot up from a steady -40 degrees to the high 30's. Our white, winter wonderland was quickly transformed into a very large and dangerous ice skating rink.

Though this looks like a view of the ocean, it's actually the melty tundra.

This week I have been running on the tundra where snow mobiles usually travel. Now it's just a hard packed trail. I took this photo while I stood on a little snow bridge over a creek.








My roommate Kirsten and I purchased this used Polaris Edge Touring snowmobile together. While I never in my life imagined I'd own a snowmobile, I realized early on that it has the potential to make life here a lot more fun. It provides easy access to Dillingham as well as any number of adventures that we can't otherwise reach on foot.