Two days ago it hit 47 below. Then it warmed up to around 25 below, day before yesterday. But today it stayed around 30 below, and tonight it's supposed to get to 50 below, and for the next 2 nights.
The weather guessers say it should get up to 15 below during the day, so we're going to try to get into town to do banking, post office and LAUNDRY. Got to do laundry so I can pack. We live on an Ice Lens. That's permanently frozen pure ice, as opposed to Frozen Muck and other variations of Perma-frost. So there are no water pipes that serve homes here. I have just a holding tank here, and pay .08 per gallon for water (the average home uses about 2,000 gal per person -- we DON'T spend $160 per person on water, we conserve). And we do our laundry in town at the laundromat.
Fortunately, la Nina conditions are making it cooler than usual in Mexico, though it will also be stormy. I'd love to go looking for silver, but dental work is my priority. At 10% of what it costs here, the savings in dental work will more than pay for the trip. Though it's still money out of pocket. And this is going to be an expensive year with my daughter getting married.
I leave for Mexico, a small fishing village with no frills but plenty of warmth and sun, Feb 13. Then Feb 22 I leave for Calif, my granddaughter's
7th birthday, a visit to my 84 year old mother and to meet my future son-in-law, before I return to Alaska Mar 6. And I also hope to meet with Becki and Sooz too.
But for now, even with the fire blazing, my feet are cold.
Tina