Sunday morning was the first day of the season for it to drop below zero at the cabin.
Thursday morning we saw our first -20F.
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20F Degrees
Well, Fairbanks did not get through September without a hard frost. The thermometer read a very solid 20F in the Goldstream Valley.
Late afternoon I visited the bus to drain the water tank, and the frost was still on the ground.
Winter is around the corner.
Excluding Alaska and Hawaii…
I have taken so much time away from WordPress, that I was locked out of the site. Oddly, it happened one device at a time. The two previous posts were done with the last device standing: The cell phone.
My email was not recognized, nor was my username. I moved on, enjoying summer in Interior Alaska.
But autumn is on the immediate horizon and WordPress offered me an opening. They wanted me to upgrade services and suddenly a path opened to get me back between the Circles.
Walter Harper Day
Today is Walter Harper Day in Alaska. Harper was the first known individual to summit Denali on this day in 1913.
SS Nenana partially opens for visitors
This Memorial Day weekend, the cargo hold of the old sternwheeler was open to the public for the first time in six years.
The steamer Nenana plied the waters of The Yukon and its tributaries from 1933 to 1952. During that time, the Nenana brought goods, news, transportation and employment to the villages along the Yukon River.
Inside the cargo hold, you can see the boiler and the engine room. The boiler is the steamer’s second when it was fitted to run on oil, instead of cords of wood.
The cool feature is the diorama that runs along the outside walls. The display depicts all the villages that the SS Nenana served. At 340 feet long, with a mural background of close to 240 feet, the diorama is one impressive piece of artwork.
Besides the villages and the Alaska Railroad, six Interior Alaska rivers are also depicted: The Yukon, Tanana, Nenana, Innoko, Koyukok and Porcupine.
The plans are to have the cargo area open most of the summer, with a major restoration project to begin on the Nenana in 2025.
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