OCT 31, 24 .. Part 3 of 3.. WINTER 2024-25.. OUR FIRST SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL..

Last Monday, we began with one Post showing our first significant snowfall of our Winter 2024-25.

https://bobbacaps.blogspot.com/2024/10/oct-28-24-winter-2024-25-our-first.html

That was that!

Then it kept snowing so on Tuesday we added a Part 2 to Monday's Post.

https://bobbacaps.blogspot.com/2024/10/oct-29-24-winter-2024-25-our-first.html

And now, here we are with a very short Part 3, because it has continued to snow.

Today's very short Post is to show our Chevrolet Suburban in our carport.

Tuesday there was little snow in the carport.

Today, Thursday, our truck is 90% "out of the snow".

The important issue is that his roof is clear. Clearing the roof is a major undertaking.

Why bother with another Post Captain?

First, I went out to check on our Suburban to be sure everything was OK. Then I snapped the above photos and decided to post them.

Second, to wish you all a Happy Halloween Day 2024.

Cap and Patti

OCT 29, 24 .. Part 2 of 3.. WINTER 2024-25.. OUR FIRST SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL..

Do I? 

Don't I? 

Revisit our first significant snowfall of this winter 2024-25.

Whang it! Full speed ahead. 

Here we go with more photos of our first significant snowfall of winter 2024-25.

The progression.

Our first "heavy frost" in early October.

October the 10th our first evidence that winter is coming.

Yesterday, October the 28th. Looks like winter is here!

Today, October the 29th. No doubt about it. From 8 to 11 inches of snow accumulated beginning yesterday and continuing overnight!

Our summer flowers.

Our small Birch sprout (Kathleen's famous Warrior Weed) in the middle above and up close below.

From our front bedroom window.

Our Chevrolet Suburban, buried in snow, as seen from our front entryway porch. Nice our sidewalk was shoveled.

Across our street.

The beauty of nature. 

Now we are going to "zero in" on our truck.

Do all of you see the beginning of a "snow berm" in front of our truck? Our snowplow crew had begun to clear our main parking area last night and left this berm with no regard to it blocking our truck from exiting!

I was laying in bed at 11 o'clock this morning "waking up". I was looking forward to an easy day and watching game 3 of the World Series with Patti.

Suddenly I thought, "If I don't get our truck cleared off and out of its parking place, the snowplow crew will totally trap our truck".

We are leaving for Arizona in early November and I MUST have our truck free to drive for the next 12 days.

Get it? Got it? Good!

So Your Captain "went to work".

Thanks Dad! That sure feels better!

After I finished clearing most of the snow off our Suburban, I put it into 4 wheel drive low, put the transmission into it's lowest gear, and turning as tight as I could to the right, we two managed to get free.

Where do I park him now? 

In his assigned carport space.

We do not park our Suburban in our carport because we like to be able to see him from our bedroom window. He has been stolen once and vandalized (broken into or having his gasoline tank drilled by gasoline thieves) five times. Replacing a gasoline tank costs over $1,000 each time!

In the meantime, the front parking lot had been cleared so back in front Mister R. Richardson Richtoffen went.

Do you see the small mountain of snow he would have been behind if I hadn't moved him? The snowplow operators seem to have absolutely conscience when it comes to blocking people's vehicles.

The above and below photos show a large pile of snow the snowplow created.

The above pile of snow will remain there all winter getting larger and larger with each snowfall.

The view from our bedroom window. 

Now that our truck is free, I can immediately move him into our carport if we get another serious snowfall. Whew!!

Cap and Patti

OCT 28, 24 .. Part 1 of 3.. WINTER 2024-25.. OUR FIRST SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL..

Last night, we here in Anchorage were "put on alert" for our first major (5 to 8 inches) snowfall of this upcoming winter.

So we "hunkered down" in anticipation of todays snowfall.

Well, guess what? 

Yes we did have a significant snowfall that we don't expect to quickly melt as did our first "touch of winter snow" back on October the 10th did.

But is sure wasn't 5 to 8 inches! Yet!

Looking out from our living room at our backyard.

Our summer flowers sure have done very well since we planted them at the end of last July.

Looking out of our front bedroom window.

Standing on the front entryway porch to our building. 

No matter where you are living, the weather forecasts, at best, are oft incorrect! Yes we had significant snow but NOT 5 to 8 inches. Yet!

Smiling at the fact we will be doing our "real winter" down in Arizona!

We shall see what tomorrow may bring!

Cap and Patti

OCT 25, 24 .. PART 1.. THE ALASKA HIGHWAY aka THE ALCAN..

Here we go on a Post (Just Do It says Nike). 

For all you may want to know about The Alaska Highway, or the Alcan, Google and Wikipedia stand ready to help you.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Highway  

Patti and I have driven The Alcan from start to finish, going North to Alaska and South to British Columbia five or ten or even more times. All years before we had websites. So we have none of our photos to show because they are 35mm film photos and the cost of converting them to digital photos is overwhelmingly costly.

Our guest contributor, Dan 99507 .. 99507 is his Anchorage, Alaska postal zip code .. is driving the Alcan as we write this Post. I am showing the photos Dan has sent to us.

Dan was born and raised in Montana. We three became good friends in 1994 and, along with many others, call him "Montana Dan".

Dan has decided that he wants to "winter" in Montana! 

We will neither comment upon, nor question, his rationale. 

He has purchased a sizeable trailer, which he as "outfitted" to live in, as well as to transport items, which he is towing behind his pickup truck.

A few photos of "Montana Dan's" trailer.

I wish that I had taken some of my own photos before Dan left but Patti and I did not want to get in his way.

Dan is now en route. The two below photos show Dan's pickup truck and the trailer so you can more clearly "visualize" his setup.

Now let's enjoy some Alcan scenery!

The below text messages from Dan says a lot about what he is encountering!

I will sleep in the bunk above the ATV. It's nice and warm in here and I am hooked up to power so I have electricity. My furnace is running nice. 

Now read the second text.

Lights out for me. I spent four hours today driving 90 miles in a white out. I'm wore out and my hands are cramping from squeezing the heck out of my steering wheel. 

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We need to "take a break". This will conclude Part 1 of this series of  Posts about our friend Dan's trip South down THE ALASKA HIGHWAY aka THE ALCAN..

Cap and Patti