Home Again!

I flew home yesterday.  By the time I left the temperature had gotten up to around 32 degrees (above zero), which is warm for Fairbanks.  I had a great time in Alaska and a great time with the Sterners.  I hope that you enjoyed looking at my blog.   

New Year's Eve

Here is what the Sterners' house looks like.

Here are the two youngest Sterner kids, Mack and Nora, outside the house.  Mack is burning paper trash.

Yesterday we went to a park filled with ice sculptures.  They call it Christmas in Ice.  There were actual sculptures and also ice slides that kids (and adults) could slide down.  There was an ice maze for the kids and an ice playground.  It was dark and they had the ice lit up with colored lights.  (Because it was dark, most of my pictures are not that good.)  Here I am sitting in an ice train. :)

     

Scenic Vista

Yesterday we drove to an overlook south of Fairbanks where you can see the mountain range in the distance.  This is the sun setting at about 2:30 in the afternoon. :)

Ice Skating

On Friday I went ice skating with the Sterners at an indoor rink.  I hadn't skated in a while, and I had a lot of fun doing it.

Winter Fun

Yesterday I went inner tubing with the Sterners.  It was a lot of fun.  It was like a mild amusement ride.  This is the view that I had from the top of the hill.

And this is the bottom of the hill where you would get your tube and be pulled up by a tow rope.

Yesterday we drove to a spot on the banks of the Chena River where we could walk down and stand on the ice of the frozen river.  Here I am standing on the snowed-over ice of the frozen river.

 Here you can see the bridge over the river.

Here's a picture by the side of the road.

Winter Wonderland

Yesterday we spent the whole day at home.  It was too cold to go outside, but it was beautiful to look outside! 

This picture is fuzzy, but it is the thermometer on the front porch registered at 35 degrees below Fahrenheit!