Weather Forcast: Blah

The weather is mostly mild. In December it was only below freezing one day and in the 40s most of the time. I don’t think the road commission is used to a lot of snow. They seem to salt and sand the crap out of everything after a light dusting. Parking lots have so much gravel in them it’s like trying to push a shopping cart through a rock pile. Instead of regular snow plows they have bulldozers…in case they get a full foot, I suppose.

One thing I wasn’t prepared for was the rain. I thought Juneau gets rain like Gaylord gets snow. Well, Juneau gets rain like Gaylord got snow just before the glacier receded creating the Great Lakes. People walk around everywhere in rubber boots. Well-mannered, otherwise normal looking people out in public with ugly brown or olive drab rubber boots with their pant legs tucked in. Haven’t they ever heard of boots with Gore-Tex? I don’t care how long I stay here, until I see the animals lining up two by two to get on the boat the local crazy just built, I am NOT wearing galoshes.

And in case you’re wondering, I’m not overcome with 6 months of darkness. That’s much farther north. As I’m writing this, sunrise is at 8:32 am and sunset is at 3:44 pm (as compared to 8:14/5:25 in Gaylord). So I enjoy about four good hours of daylight when I wake up at noon ;-)