Notice the 'glow' of the sun in the upper parts of the trees and the valley!
Here it is! The first SUN to hit our house since Thanksgiving! I know this probably doesn't mean much to those of you who have sun each SUNNY day, but for us, living on the north side of this mountain, this means SO MUCH!
Our driveway...no longer full of snow, coated with ice!
Hope that little Hyundai stays put!
Bird Creek last summer
Bird Creek this winter...unbelievable!
Dinner out. MY wonderful husband and our friends
My hubby and our neighbor and friend
My amazing son...he is a little cold standing in this frozen cave
My beautiful daughter admiring the frozen falls
Our wonderful neighbors and friends
The trip home...how about some snow?
Notice the snow is above the car!
The frozen Turnagain Arm! We watched Buluga whales swim up this inlet last summer. What a difference.
There are numerous frozen waterfalls on the way home.
And the PLUNGING begins!
These are the 'belly floppers'
This man was clearing the snow off his boat while the plunge was going on! I thought it to be a bit ironic!
My beautiful daughter at the waterfall.
This waterfall in Seward is just amazing when it is half frozen.
This is a young, Bald Eagle who just wanted to pose for all us of interested in taking his picture!
The dock with everyone waiting for the Polar Bear Plunge to begin!
The rescue divers preparing for the 'plungers'
It was the day for moose yesterday, January 15, 2007! While driving I saw 6 moose; 1 cow and calf, 1 cow, 1 bull and 2 cows together. On my return trip I saw three of them again. Once home I grabbed the camera and my husband and we went back to see this large cow, and this cow and calf. We were able to watch them for a long time. They were on the main road to our house. It is always a thrill to see these massive animals and one of the things we really enjoying sharing with our visitors!
Here is our weather station read out. The third line is the actual temperature this morning...
Because I just can't get over how much 'white stuff' there is around here, I just had to add a few more pictures. This is our fuel oil container. 300 gallons! It is BIG! Notice just how much snow has stuck on top!
This is our back yard. Just incredible.
To top it off...this is our neighbor's house. These are stairs going up to their upper deck. Now this is a LOT of snow!
It has been a long winter for our dog Jonas already, always in constant search for buried tennis balls!
Isn't he beautiful? We adore him.
Inside the snow cave...flashlights in the walls, shovels, water spray bottles and toboggans are all part of the art.
We have had SO much snow the last few weeks, Kyle, his buddies and his dad decided it was time to make a snow cave. Normally the Youth Group at church does this up in the mountains when there is plenty of snowfall. This year we were able to do it in our yard! Because of the heavy snowfall and Ralph plowing the snow into the middle of the yard, there are areas of snow over 6 feet tall. This is where the digging began. Soon they should be able to sit, lie down and probably stand comfortably, AND they are attaching the three caves with tunnels. Hopefully by tomorrow I will be able to get lots of wonderful pictures, but here are just a few from tonight.
Looking out our dining room window, through the icicles and snow-draped winter trees, to the Chugach Mountains north of our home.
