Tuesday, April 8, 2008

Snow in April in Alaska - April 8

Well it IS Alaska you say. However............

even the locals were caught off guard by this snow storm today. Snow tires came off yesterday when the rain stopped and the sun came out.

At first I was taking pics from inside the boat, cause it was raining/snowing and it was in the low 30S and just too sloppy to go out.

That's the Creek Street bridge at the upper left. Notice how high up all those buildings are. We are having a minus tide situation right now. Most of the time we are pretty much on the same level as the street... but not at 9am this morning.

The rain eventually disappeared and it was only snowing at this point. Notice all the rocks covered in the white stuff.









So finally I couldn't stand it, I went out.....

Notice how steep the ramp is ... later in the day it was level. That's always the best time to do errands, no ladder climbing... well it seems like a ladder, steep and slippery.



This is our bent fish net atop the biminy. It just happens to be a Ranger Landing Net, made in Detroit, on John R.... not just your run-of-the-mill fish scooper.... and joyously not made in China. However, it needs straightening - neighboring boat crash.... anyway, this gives you an idea how much snow we got.









As the day progressed, we got sunshine and more rain, but never got much above 40. Not like our days on the Klamath River.

Stay tuned. Who knows what tomorrow may bring.

/joB


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1 comment:

Nancy Van Blaricom said...

Loved reading about the snow ... almost makes you wish you had stayed down in the lower 48 huh? *wink.

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