Thursday, August 16, 2007

Muddy Season

This is the time of summer when the rain starts up in Barrow. The roads are dirty, not paved, so during most of the summer we need trucks to come around and dump water on the roads so that it isn't too dusty.

Once the rain starts, this isn't a problem. There is mud everywhere! It's about this time that we start wishing for the first snow and freeze up just so walking around is a bit easier.

The temperatures are still quite mild--mid fifties this whole week.

We are getting about four hours of darkness each night now, and are gaining about twenty minutes each day. Soon enough, we will start to have a more "normal" daylight/darkness cycle.

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