Originally Posted by
DiverDave
Good morning from Central Alaska
, where at least it is not raining. On Saturday I drove to the Canadian border (actually to the US customs checkpoint) and to Chicken, AK to enjoy the day and log some new roads.
Ah, beautiful Downtown Chicken. Quite the metropolis, eh?
Originally Posted by
DiverDave
And on Sunday I went to Fairbanks and caught Super 8 on the Imax screen. It's not really an Imax screen, it's just a very large screen. Admission was a complete gouge at $17.25
, though at least the movie itself was enjoyable and the train wreck scene was amazing.
The mini-IMAX screens are not unique to Alaska:
http://www.slashfilm.com/how-can-ima...ir-name-brand/
As for the prices, though--yes, now you know what we live with.
Originally Posted by
DiverDave
OK, we can now scratch the part about "not raining."
David
Originally Posted by
monitor
OK. Now we know for sure that you are really in Alaska in June.
Originally Posted by
monitor
However, in June, it does not have a lot of bright time.
The days are long but mostly cloudy and rainy so you lose the advantage of not having "a dark time" at night since it does get very dim a great deal of the time, even at the Solstice.
You know that it is bright above those clouds but you usually would need to go somewhere far away from the Pacific in order to see it poking through.
?! Methinks
monitor needs to visit in June. Late July through August are our rainy months. June is the nice one!
And Central Alaska (Fairbanks et al.) are far enough away from the Pacific that any rain there is either the result of a huge statewide storm or local adiabatic action. I actually saw a fair number of thunderstorms when I lived in Fairbanks for a summer a few years ago--certainly more there than in Anchorage. But then again, it doesn't get hot enough in Anchorage to provide the convective action to create a thunderstorm, whereas it can approach nearly 100 degrees in Fairbanks in the summer.