As I contemplate traveling back to chilly Washington, DC this week, looking for my gloves and deciding which sweaters to unpack, I am reminded that there are worse places to be.
Like, oh, Alaska. Where the sun is now setting — until spring. Yes, once it goes down, it doesn’t come back for a while. Today’s weather in Barrow:
Check out the sunrise and sunset times. Scary. Very scary. I mean, it seems like the times for another planet, you know?
I spent ten years in Barrow.
At one point I stepped out the back door and smoked a cigarette. When I went back in I told the Chef that I just saw the most beautiful Sunrise/Sunset in my life. The Chef said which was it sunrise or sunset. I said BOTH, I watched it come up and I watched it go down. He said “You were only out there for five minutes.” He was right. It all ocured in the span of one cigarette.
You’re heading back to the east coast this week? I sent you a little holiday something, and the merchant decided to use UPS (instead of USPS), so I guess you might not get to see your cute UPS guy…
I’ve never been to AK, but several years ago I was in Stockholm, Sweden in January, and it was weird enough to see the sun come up and only rise a small ways above the horizon for a few hours before settling back down again.
I wish I had your UPS guy!