Good morning! I took Monday off from writing and from work! Mike and I spent the weekend moose hunting up near Minto, Alaska. Minto is an Athabascan Indian Village about 140 miles northwest of North Pole. For those of you unfamiliar with the road system here in Alaska, many places are not accessible by road, but only by plane or boat. Well, Minto is one of those places that is accessible by road, if you can call it a road. The road to Minto is a dirt/gravel combination for about the last 50 miles. The ruts in the road are incredibly deep and very bumpy. I must say, part of the fun of this trip was actually getting there and get out of there!
The weather was awesome during our trip. We had lows in the 30's and highs in the 50's. Sunshine was abundant. Unfortunately, the moose were not. We called and we called. However, we did not see the first moose. With that said, it was very nice to sit out in the woods and hear the birds chirping and wind rustling the leaves. The leaves are just getting past their peak, but still beautiful. Also, the moon is almost full and we had some good views of the moon rising.
Okay, enough of my rambling about our trip. The weather pattern is quickly shifting. The ridge that has been bringing an incredibly warm Indian Summer to the Interior is leaving us. This is allowing for much cooler weather to filter in here by tomorrow. Highs will go from the 60's and 70's to the 40's. Wow! Can you say, "Change????" According to the NWS, highs and lows for the next seven days will be in the mid 40's and mid 20's.
Current Conditions at 6:30 a.m.:
Temperature: 27 degrees
Skies: Clear
RH: 73%
BP: 29.80 and steady
Sunrise: 7:31 a.m.
Sunset: 7:55 p.m.
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