I've decided to take a break from editing Bahama photos. Don't worry, I'll finish the Bahama Blog series in the next week. However, I wanted to give you a glimpse into my first winter in Alaska. Let's just say.... It's been a slightly disappointing one.
Growing up in Mississippi, we never really got a "real" winter. School is canceled all the time, but that doesn't mean it is actually winter. It just means the temperatures dropped for the first time and ice has covered the streets. Southerners don't know how to prepare for the winter season, so we all get out of school and days free from work. It's not that bad of a deal.
Growing up in Mississippi, we never really got a "real" winter. School is canceled all the time, but that doesn't mean it is actually winter. It just means the temperatures dropped for the first time and ice has covered the streets. Southerners don't know how to prepare for the winter season, so we all get out of school and days free from work. It's not that bad of a deal.
Yet, I was ecstatic for my first actual winter (not including the winter I had in Antarctica, which was actually their summer season). I was ready to perfect my skiing techniques, learn to snowshoe, and take tons of gorgeous photographs of mountains covered in snow. Did any of these happen the past several months?? Not really.
This is the second winter in a row in which Alaska has suffered from the lack of snow and the warmer temperatures, while the lower 48 have been impounded by snowstorms and ice storms. I sadly have to say I haven't been skiing up here once. I was planning on skiing in the mounds of snow when I returned from the Bahamas. I thought maybe if I left for a few weeks, the snow would return. Didn't happen.
This is the second winter in a row in which Alaska has suffered from the lack of snow and the warmer temperatures, while the lower 48 have been impounded by snowstorms and ice storms. I sadly have to say I haven't been skiing up here once. I was planning on skiing in the mounds of snow when I returned from the Bahamas. I thought maybe if I left for a few weeks, the snow would return. Didn't happen.
