Skiing on the Chester Creek Trail Near the Apt.

Skied diagonal today on the trail just a few minutes from our house.  We got fresh snow last night, just an inch or so, but the temperature warmed up into the low 20s.  It's been unusually cold here this week and was down below zero at one point!  Today was sunny and the multi-use trail was in good shape for bikers, walkers AND skiers!  We can ski all of the way to Judy's office, which includes going through tunnels under roads that the municipality shovels snow into and skiing over a bridge over a major highway to get there.  On the way back, and you'll see from our pictures that we're skiing with another couple -- our landlords, Mary and Lance Mearig, we had company on the trail -- a moose!  She was pretty content with whatever she was finding to eat under the snow, but we did wait a while to make sure, and two bikers were waiting on the other side!  We skied on within 10 feet of the moose!  You never know when you're going to see one. 

Last night we went to the "Wild & Scenic" Film Festival put on by the Alaska Marine Conservation Council -- short films intended to raise consciousness about environmental issues - it was entertaining.  Before that we went to the Snow Goose Restaurant for drinks, which is a micro-brewery, and tried the Gold Rush Ale and the FishOn IPA.  We were wimpy about the cold this week, and we're going to have to toughen up.  When we drove home Wednesday with it 1 degree out, we still saw people riding their bikes home on the trails.  Their bikes!!!  Flying back to NY one week from Thursday -- really from Wednesday, as we leave 12:30 am early Thursday morning.  Hope to see many of you over the holidays!