If you ask the locals (ok - if you ask Robert too), we haven't had a summer this year. Nope - None. We went directly from break up to mid-August with nothing in between. I am pretty sure Anchorage has had a total of 6 sunny days since the late snow in April and the rest of the time it has been cloudy and rainy. Robert is starting to grumble about not seeing the sun. I just tell him we will catch it this winter! :) Of course, this just goes back to the old adage...there is no bad weather, only bad clothing!
The really important thing to note is that if it is raining in town, depending on how cool it is, it could be snowing in the mountains. Our first termination dust arrived last week - July 22/23. (This is normally a September event.) We are honestly worried whether we will get any raspberries, apples or tomatoes this year because of the cooler weather.
Friday, Robert and I had the chance to tour an oil tanker in Valdez. Those are really big ships and it is amazing they only need 20 - 30 people to run everything from top to bottom. Unfortunately, we didn't take pictures due to security issues and the fact by the time we got off it was too dark to take a picture. If you come to my house, we will have a really nice picture of the ship though hanging on the wall!
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