On Friday night we went to a show at a local bar (the Blue Loon). It is quite a convenient location with our old cabin, since it is at most a mile down the road. That is really close for Fairbanks. Have we ever talked about how spread out things are? Lots of people live a good 10 - 15 miles out of town, and the actual town part is even spread out itself. So living a mere mile from a bar is crazy close. As a result, everyone drove to our place to park their cars and carpool to the bar. That way there only needed to be one sober person to drive back, and assuming there was no sober person we could easily walk home and leave the car for the morning.
The band was Sweating Honey. They are a bit folky - I liked their music a lot! It was also a pretty good crowd at the bar. We ended up dancing a lot. Here is a link to their music if you're curious.
On Saturday when we got our keys to our new place (yay!) we decided to drive Ester Dome Rd to get back to the cabin. It is a 'shortcut' - it cuts right down south to our old place instead of looping southeast and then southwest. We figured it wouldn't be much of a short cut because the other roads we take are 55 mph, but we were curious to see what it was like. The first time we ventured that way there were a lot of people in running clothes... and a line across the road... and everyone was looking at us kind of funny. We didn't really want to drive right through what looked like a race, especially since it would have been hard to get around the runners who were filling up the road already. So we turned around awkwardly and took our usual route.
We ventured back that way later in the day when the race as gone (I googled it, and of course the first day we try to drive Ester Dome Rd is the day of the Ester Dome race). The drive is nice, but it was a little rougher than we expected. We expected gravel, because that is normal for non-main roads here. However it was actually dirt, and it had pretty large ruts in the ground. Aside from the somewhat sketchy driving conditions, it was a beautiful drive. Fall really is gorgeous here! (The the leaves are still green, look on the ground....I swear it's fall!)
Since I'm sure some of you are curious, we have yet to see an aurora. We have seen glowing skies behind the clouds though. Both bright red and bright green skies. We are still eager to see the actual movement that people associate with the aurora, but I have to say it is still pretty fun to see a bright green sky!
Last night was probably the closest we've come yet. The northern horizon was extremely green. We had to look through the trees since we were already home (and we're in the midlde of a forest) however the skies were pretty clear. We couldn't tell if there were clouds right on the horizon that were illuminated, if the aurora was happening right below the horizon and therefore only glowing where we could see, or if we are just bad at identifying the stereotypical movement of an aurora through the trees. So, we are still watching the skies eagerly every night and I will let y'all know when we see a true aurora! I really hope there is a good aurora when my folks are here, too!!
Ok, the last random thing I have to talk about is temperature... and only because you may be curious. It is still pretty sunny and nice here... though we have had our cloudly days. The highs have been around 50 to 55 I'd guess. It has been getting below freezing at night though, so we've seen frost on the ground and ice on the windows (of the car). Though the cold temperatures are coming earlier than they are at home, they still seem completely reasonable!
Anyhoo, that is all the random stuff I can think of right now. Bye bye!
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