hatcher pass skiing is near

each one of these force me to read a super long wikipedia article (fun hobby) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dassaul...

checking the forecast

The view from Sterling Highway @ Tern Lake MP 37, 📷 from 511.alaska.gov

it's looking good out there

the half marathon was full so this is my plan B 🏃‍♂️

The view from Klawock Hwy @ Control Lake, 📷 from 511.alaska.gov

☃️

some fresh looking crosswalks

some rock based infrastructure i've never noticed

very hard to see things this time of year. dark, wet, no reflection from snow.

finally seeing some snow in these : )

I'm calling it. ❄️

the tunnel enthusiasts who show up first to get in line and stare at the tunnel

peak fall

The view from Glenn Highway @ Gunsight Mountain MP 117, 📷 from 511.alaska.gov

now that it's September, I will be wearing my [extremely expensive] Norwegian sweater every day until May.

The view from Sterling Highway @ Jean Lake Hill MP 62.2, 📷 from 511.alaska.gov

I went into Yellowstone this weekend. Super cool spot.

just look at those colors

fall in Alaska is awesome. excellent stormy conditions.

the powerade fountain is back

I can't get enough of these colors. : )

when you've finally found a good wikipedia page

I've always wondered why there aren't more screens communicating things from car to car like what speed a car is going..would be useful for normal highway driving.

My patent proposal is a device that looks like a nerf gun that shoots out a long string of orange flags or cones before you cross a road to get cars to stop at a crosswalk.

most hours of the day

🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂

raced the first ever Graduation Ridge trail race in Seldovia this weekend.

I really want a mini one of these to store summer solar heat for the winter. ACCHRC has a big buried tank for thermal storage in Fairbanks.

you can tell the wind is starting to rip in this picture.

I know that invasive species are involved but I really like biking through the tree tunnels every day

Alaska State Capitol: Certified BANGER

the hops are out of control

good view of the Swan Lake Fire damage (2019)

I've been watching my two young trees like a hawk and they definitely seem to grow for a short bit in the spring/summer and then stop.

just like we no long read things from start to finish in a straight line, I've started watching videos in a very "scanning" pattern..involves keyboard keys "J" and "L" to skip forward, lots of thumbnail scanning, and 1.5x speed.

Do you remember the Northern Lights Hotel, the longtime derelict building on Northern Lights Blvd torn down in 2017? Its backstory is much darker than that. Arson, death, a government debacle, & debunking an Anchorage myth in my latest article: www.adn.com/alaska-l...

Bird Ridge Overlook yesterday. Excellent ridge running.

I was doing some rapid fire population searches for some "northern" or "snowy" cities (fun hobby) and quite a few of them are just so much smaller than the space they occupy in my mind. Duluth Boulder Bozeman Just real small city populations compared to what I imagine and what statute they have.

enjoying the "Super Cub for comparison" part

mandatory kale every meal for the next 2 weeks

the great thing about rollerskiing is you take all of the low impact parts of being on snow and replace it with maximum high impact elements of pavement, extra firm steel pole tips, remove the brakes, and introduce cars.

I rode my bike with totally snapped chainstay for weeks before I figured out something was not working right.

trying to get my yard to look like this.

when you're getting extremely stoked because Glennallen is coming up

last night I downloaded some absurdly detailed swiss maps. (they are extremely detailed on Italy too)

we're back to the good weather (wearing a winter jacket in August)

back when I was cruising the Midtown Greenway all the time in 2010, I thought it had been there "forever." It was only 10 years old. truly is S-tier infrastructure.