In early September, I was in Barrow and Wainwright, Alaska, for field work. We set up two field sites to monitor the ocean currents in the Chukchi Sea. You may remember from an earlier blog post that Barrow is the northernmost city in the United States. I put together a picture slideshow for our web site at work, so instead of duplicating my efforts, I thought I would just link to it.
Click here to go to the pictures.
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Monday, September 7, 2009
Labor Day Weekend
Labor Day weekend brought a road trip to Anchorage, which included beautiful fall colors and bright sunny skies. Mette and I hit the open road for a long weekend with plans to relax, shop, and eat turkey legs at the State Fair in Palmer.
First stop...Palmer, Alaska, where we just beat the after work crowds on Friday afternoon. We perused the giant vegetables, which are always a crowd pleaser.
This year's highlights included a 594 pound pumpkin
a giant 82.9 pound rutabaga
and a new world record 125.9 pound cabbage!
However, as I already stated, vegetables were not our goal. We were looking for slow-roasted fall off the bone turkey legs. We had already sampled the if-you-don't-have-anything-nice-to-say-don't-say-anything-at-all turkey legs at the fair in Delta Junction, and the rather average turkey legs at the Tanana Valley State Fair in Fairbanks, but neither hit the spot, so after cruising the vegetables, we headed to 'Gobbler's Grill'.
Yum! Their legs were SO wonderful we figured we could turn around and head back to Fairbanks and call it a successful trip; however we still had three more days ahead of us, so it was on to Anchorage for a weekend of shopping. We did manage to fit in some time for relaxing at the Alyeska Resort in Girdwood. where we had a gorgeous view from our room.
But all good things must come to an end, and the gorgeous drive back to Fairbanks and a return to fall after summer-like conditions in Anchorage was welcome.
Yes, it was a wonderful weekend and a turkey leg that we won't soon forget!
First stop...Palmer, Alaska, where we just beat the after work crowds on Friday afternoon. We perused the giant vegetables, which are always a crowd pleaser.
This year's highlights included a 594 pound pumpkin
a giant 82.9 pound rutabaga
and a new world record 125.9 pound cabbage!
However, as I already stated, vegetables were not our goal. We were looking for slow-roasted fall off the bone turkey legs. We had already sampled the if-you-don't-have-anything-nice-to-say-don't-say-anything-at-all turkey legs at the fair in Delta Junction, and the rather average turkey legs at the Tanana Valley State Fair in Fairbanks, but neither hit the spot, so after cruising the vegetables, we headed to 'Gobbler's Grill'.
Yum! Their legs were SO wonderful we figured we could turn around and head back to Fairbanks and call it a successful trip; however we still had three more days ahead of us, so it was on to Anchorage for a weekend of shopping. We did manage to fit in some time for relaxing at the Alyeska Resort in Girdwood. where we had a gorgeous view from our room.
But all good things must come to an end, and the gorgeous drive back to Fairbanks and a return to fall after summer-like conditions in Anchorage was welcome.
Yes, it was a wonderful weekend and a turkey leg that we won't soon forget!
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