Enjoying the first day of Spring – in February!
What a day that was! While not quite suntanning weather yet, it felt like Spring. The temperature hit +1°C here in Mary Lake, and I saw +3 on a Whitehorse report.
We started really noticing the change in the light about a week ago – this is when most people’s moods dramatically improve, with Mother Nature adding almost 5 minutes of light per day. Sunrise today was at 09:03, sunset at 17:26.
The sunlight even has some warmth to it now – this is the first wet decking I’ve seen in a very long time (how’s that for easy to amuse? 🙂 ). The snow got very sticky, though, and Cathy’s ski around the property this afternoon wasn’t as easy as it usually is.
The Yukon Quest sled dog race has just started, though, and the warm temperatures will be just plain awful for the dogs and mushers on that trail when they get near Whitehorse. Luckily, the trail in Alaska is excellent and as far as Dawson high temperatures are still in the minus-mid-teens.
We enjoyed the first barbecue of the year this evening, with some wonderful caribou sausages on the grill.
Even at 6:18, there was still lots of light in the sky.
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