Yay I saw the Northern Lights last night! Mom said she got in bed and looked out her window and saw a bright glowy thing haha. It wasn't particularly amazing (though it was rather bright and moved and danced some) but I need to get my fill before it gets too light to see them ( Read more... )

Mount Redoubt finally erupted! It's been restless since at least January. It started erupting last night at 10:38 PM and it stopped at 4:30 AM, but at 7:41 PM today it erupted again. It's erupted six times so far. So mom couldn't go to Anchorage..all flights between Anchorage and Fairbanks were canceled (ash is very unsafe to fly in). The ash has ( Read more... )

Another cold spell has hit..it's not supposed to be as bad as the last one though. I think it's supposed to last till next week followed by a chinook (yeah! I loveeee chinooks haha). Though we might have already left by then. Mom said the arctic front will follow us to Texas :P ( Read more... )