Mail Day

The weather warmed up enough during the night that I decided to make the trip over to the road system and pick up are mail that a friend had brought out yeaterday. If one goes all the way it is 75 miles one way to get to the post office. This way I had to travel only the overland part by snow machine, about a 18 mile round trip.

It was a nice bright day with light winds and -25F when I left the house. Saw one raven at the oil field camp where I picked up the mail and five caribou along the trail. Drove past one cow in the morning that was about 50 yards off the trail, she was curled up chewing her cud and in the frosty morning didn't want to get up. On the way home she had moved off to the south a mile or so and busy feeding.

Till next time -- Jim

Bright Sunny Day

The day dawned bright and clear so we got to see the sun for several hours. Since returning on the 18th of the month it is now up for 4.5 hours.
While doing wood chores a raven flew by, and then circled back to see if I was doing anything that might lead to a sorch of food. In the cold frosty air (-34F) the bird was covered with frost on the face and some of the breast feathers. This is the first bird of the year for me!

Jim

Mirages

Another bright sunny day with lots of superior mirages in all directions. At times some of the mirages had 5 layers and you could see some bending as the inversion layers moved the lights around.
The sun still remains low, less than 2 degrees above the horizon. The low sun cast a great pink-orange glow on some of the small drifts that have been sculptured during the last two wind storms.