From 100 to 50

I am back in Alaska now, leaving behind the hottest summer on record in the DC area to return to pleasant 50 degree andrainy Anchorage. I said goodbye to lasers, fresh strawberries and zucchini, and sightseeing in the national capitol and have been welcomed back with newly caught salmon, mountain runs, orienteering, early morning sculling, and a mudfight on the mudflats. Wildlife count for my first two days back includes 8 moose and 1 bear.