Weather Perfect Weekend


Four or five days ago there were some changes coming to the Anchorage area which gave us our first real glimpse of summer.  The clouds parted, the sun continues to give us the sunlight lost during our long winters.  We are up to about 17 hours now with sunrise around 5:30 am and sunset around 10:30 PM so you can still see it light outside to the west after midnight.

The city is in that period of time when everyone comes together to walk the roadways picking up trash that has either been dropped or blown around the streets.  Everyone has the opportunity to clean up the debris and limbs that were blown down in your yard.  The City of Anchorage opens up the two landfills for a couple weekends for those that want to clean up and drop off their debris.  For those two weekends the do not charge so the lines are long but it makes a big difference in how the city looks during the summer.

With the sun out in force giving a sense of warmth at about 60 degrees it was nice to slow down a bit and sit outside soaking up the vitamin D sorely missed in winter. 

Last weekend started the cleanup and getting out the patio furniture since all of our snow had finally melted.  There are several sets to get out of storage and bring up to the deck.  I found the cover to the gazebo and with a little help from Scott we were able to erect that so it would be ready this weekend.

Charlie wanted to have a cookout so we made preparations to get the sitting areas set and ready for a few of his friends to come over.  We sat out today and enjoyed the sun, grilled some shish-K-bobs with chicken & steak, and Charlie fried up a lot of Halibut chunks.

We can only hope this weather is preview of what is to come. 

Happy Mother’s Day to all the mom’s and grandma’s out there!

Ice

Comments

jeanmac said…
Halibut chunks, yum! Just pd. $29. for a halibut meal in a restaurant.
1:58 PM
Icewind said…
Hi Jean,

Fishing season is coming soon so I'll be stocking up the freezers again.

Drop me an email with your address and I'll throw you a cooler of fish once we do our dip netting in late June/July.

Ice
9:30 PM
Anonymous said…
Mercy!!!! Thank you - I'm drooling already. I'd love to get up there sometime.
8:10 AM
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