northern happenings

Wow, over a month since I’ve posted… lets not do that again! Dang!

SO.. December mainly consisted of cramming for school, (Which for the most part went ok, but not stellar.) working quite a bit, (You would be surprised how busy Harley Davidson is the is middle of winter up here.) and going home! (By far my favorite part.) Home was great, always a good time seeing family and friends. Although I didn’t get to see nearly as many people as I would have liked, ’twas good catching up with those I did get to see. 

2009. Talk about a fast start to the new year, before I knew it I was back in Alaska in a freakin’ cold snap!! It didnt go above -5 for about two weeks. For the most part, it hovered around -15 with lows around -30. Needless to say, my truck didn’t start for a few days. Obviously, the battery was dead due to the cold, so I connected the battery charger and let it charge overnight – no dice, only a ‘click’ and the starter promptly said, “heh, I’m cold jug off.” I ended up going to Sears and buying an electric blanket and a space heater. I put the blanket on the block and set the space heater in the engine compartment. (Granted it’s still 20 below.) Next, bake for 9 hours on high. I skied over to my friends house at 7 am the next morning (where my truck was) and miraculously she turned over! And started!! Thankfully I didn’t have to ski back, because is was 22 below going over there and my face was burning cold.

Fast forward to yesterday. 44 (above zero), 40-50 mph winds and driving rain. Quite the change, huh? So Ben and I decided to go climbing. Driving down the highway was just as exciting as the climb! My truck was getting blown around the road and rocks littered the highway. We climbed at Waterworld, a slightly protected, small area right on the highway. We had a great time!

We played around for a few hours enjoying the warm day and sticky ice.