Lynn falls on the ice The big news this week is that Lynn sustained a fairly serious injury when she fell on the ice. She was walking and slipped, she tried to break her fall with her right hand and ended up with at least two fractures in her wrist. After going to the clinic… Continue reading How not to fall on the ice
Author: Scott Betterton
Warm Up
Cold Spell Well, the cold spell lasted a little longer than we thought. The temperature got down to around -50 a couple of times. I’m sure our electric bill will be a little higher due to having to keep the truck plugged in all night for several nights. I changed the oil before it got… Continue reading Warm Up
Deep Cold
When you live up here they have some interesting weather terms. “Deep Cold” is pretty descriptive. We have had several days of sub -30F temperatures and it is still dropping. This is more typical of late December but still common in January. You really can’t do much outside at this temperature. It’s pretty hard on… Continue reading Deep Cold
Happy New Year from Galena!
Hope everyone had a happy new year. Lynn and I went to a fireworks show on New Years Eve. They really can’t do a good fireworks show on Independence Day as the sun is up all night then. New Years is another matter. The radio station put on a show that lasted about 30… Continue reading Happy New Year from Galena!
Merry Christmas from Galena
Merry Christmas to everyone from Galena. It has been snowing on and off since yesterday, not a whole lot of snow but just enough that I need to sweep the porch and steps off when it stops. It isn’t too cold right now so the snow is kind of wet. We talked to Jessica… Continue reading Merry Christmas from Galena
Winter finally arrives
A lot of people have been asking me if it really gets dark all winter up here. At this latitude we are never in darkness for 24 hours. True, we only get a few hours this time of year but we do get sunlight. Not so for communities farther north like Barrow and Wainwright. I… Continue reading Winter finally arrives
Thanksgiving in Galena
Hope everyone is having a happy Thanksgiving. We had a cow moose and two calves behind the house today. The weather has been a little more seasonable but not too cold. I finally got to use my new snow blower the other day. Not too much else going on right now. We are heading over… Continue reading Thanksgiving in Galena
Warm Spell
When I ask people why they don’t want to visit in the winter they invariably say among other things that it is far to cold here in the fall and winter. I just checked the weather and noticed that Alma and Fort Smith are 6 degrees colder than we are. Portland is 1 degree colder.… Continue reading Warm Spell
Internet back up!
I got the internet back up today! We had to get a little creative running the cable from the dish but it seems to be working out so far. The river ice finally stopped the other day but it hasn’t really been that cold yet so we have quite a few open holes yet. The… Continue reading Internet back up!
Work on the house
We are finally getting city water back to the house but it has been an ordeal and isn’t over yet. They had to run a ditch down our driveway for the new line and it took a little longer than anticipated. It is finally in now and hooked up to the house but the water… Continue reading Work on the house