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KJShover
Proud Vmax lover
VmaxinID was up here, visiting family, a while back. The temp was a little warmer than it is now. But, here is the "cup of boiling water in the air" trick. :biglaugh:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGrA1PgfnCM
KJShover
Proud Vmax lover
The hot water turned to vapor.
I googled it. After it turns to vapour, it precipitates and turns to snow!
That's totally cool. I've learnt something today already! :biglaugh:
Heres the article explaining it (for us Antipodeans who have never even seen snow.) http://www.lifeslittlemysteries.com/1012-how-can-boiling-water-turn-snow.html
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KJShover
Proud Vmax lover
The only racing that goes on up there involves dogsleds :biglaugh:
KJShover
Proud Vmax lover
I don't know about trolls up there, but did see quite a few walrus and moose the last time I was up there.
I did miss out on the fun. A week before I went up there, someone who had a little too much to drink stole a front end loader and drove it down the main drag, wrecking all kinds of things. But all and all it was a good trip, spent time with good friends, saw Wyatt Earp's bar, learned a little more Alaskan history. Been up here for over 40 years and still pick up a few things.
I swear to god my next duty station better be Alaska because I am dying to go dogsled racing.
KJShover
Proud Vmax lover
I've been out on a sled once, it was pretty cool. Them dogs and people who run the Iditarod and the Yukon Quest are truly unique people. You and your team have to be double tough to go through what they do on them distance races.
I like going to watch the sprints when they have them at the dog musher's hall. Its a great way to spend some time with the family and friends.
A guy I went to school with had his daughter hooked up to a 6 dog team, water skiing on the Chena river, it was pretty cool.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxZaIZHkBNA
Hah yeah that's pretty cool.
Well I am a dog trainer and I would love to do some sprints with a dog team at least. I honestly wouldn't mind doing long distance either ***** turn out to be any good at it lol.
Redbone
Well-Known Member
It is on my bucket list to travel to Alaska, by vehicle, to visit the natural wonders such as Denali, Katmai, Kena, Glacier Bay and KJ.
biglaugh
While not any where near as cold as what KJ has to deal with this is what Sault Ste Marie, Michigan temps and weather in general look like:
Avg high temp 49.4*
Avg low temp 31.1*
Avg annual temp 40.3*
Avg # days > 90* 2
Avg # days below < 32* 177
Record high temp 98*
Record low temp -37*
Avg precipitation days/ yr. (> 0.01" ) 166.5
Avg snowy days (> 0.1") 84.7
Sunshine hours 2,245.5 out of 8760 (365 day year)
Growing up we used to get much more snow than we do now, I remember that my dad put plywood over our sidewalk so he wouldn't have to shovel it over the high banks. I thought it was the greatest thing in the world to have a tunnel to play in!:eusa_dance:
biglaughWhile not any where near as cold as what KJ has to deal with this is what Sault Ste Marie, Michigan temps and weather in general look like:
Avg high temp 49.4*
Avg low temp 31.1*
Avg annual temp 40.3*
Avg # days > 90* 2
Avg # days below < 32* 177
Record high temp 98*
Record low temp -37*
Avg precipitation days/ yr. (> 0.01" ) 166.5
Avg snowy days (> 0.1") 84.7
Sunshine hours 2,245.5 out of 8760 (365 day year)
Growing up we used to get much more snow than we do now, I remember that my dad put plywood over our sidewalk so he wouldn't have to shovel it over the high banks. I thought it was the greatest thing in the world to have a tunnel to play in!:eusa_dance:
My buddy who started out in higher edu. @ NMU in Marquette MI said he used to wear an army field coat when they went drinking in the countryside, the thing had so-many pockets that he could carry a case in the jacket. The reason he did that is because if they just left the beers out in a snowbank, they would freeze before they all were consumed. In the confines of his coat, body heat kept them from freezing. Then again, he was a Big Boy & finished college playing D1 football for another state school much further south, WMU.
Walking the NMU campus in the winter made you feel like a rat in a maze because the snow was piled so-high on either side of you.
Walking the NMU campus in the winter made you feel like a rat in a maze because the snow was piled so-high on either side of you.
It is on my bucket list to travel to Alaska, by vehicle, to visit the natural wonders such as Denali, Katmai, Kena, Glacier Bay and KJ.
While not any where near as cold as what KJ has to deal with this is what Sault Ste Marie, Michigan temps and weather in general look like:
Avg high temp 49.4*
Avg low temp 31.1*
Avg annual temp 40.3*
Avg # days > 90* 2
Avg # days below < 32* 177
Record high temp 98*
Record low temp -37*
Avg precipitation days/ yr. (> 0.01" ) 166.5
Avg snowy days (> 0.1") 84.7
Sunshine hours 2,245.5 out of 8760 (365 day year)
Growing up we used to get much more snow than we do now, I remember that my dad put plywood over our sidewalk so he wouldn't have to shovel it over the high banks. I thought it was the greatest thing in the world to have a tunnel to play in!:eusa_dance:
Rusty McNeil
Well-Known Member
That was awesome!:worthy:
What the heck happened to Shad? He's never on here anymore. He took me for a m/C tour of Yellowstone a couple of years ago, seriously nice guy.
Redbone
Well-Known Member
That was awesome!:worthy:
What the heck happened to Shad? He's never on here anymore. He took me for a m/C tour of Yellowstone a couple of years ago, seriously nice guy.[/QUOTE]
+1, He has moved from Pocatello to Vancouver, Washington. Great guy that enjoys hand crafted beer and Vmax's, what's not to like!
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