Arrived Alaska late afternoon on March 15th, took cab to the Westmark and checked in. Had dinner in … no photos of food. That tells you everything you need to know about the dinner.
We kept a watch out until after ten to see if there would be a display of the Aurora Borealis, nothing. What I learned during the photography workshop was that you have to get out of Fairbanks to where there there is dark sky,, there can be no clouds and then you wait, of course, in a cold car for hours to see if the Auroras show. Also what I didn’t realize was that the color in the lights is rarely visible, the long exposure allows for the color to be displayed on the images.
Woke on the 16th to below zero temperatures and decided to stay in the room until it warmed up to 5 degrees, and then we would go out and photograph for a couple of hours. It was strange to be in snow after living in Phoenix for almost 38 years. But I had a good time but was very conscious of slipping. I have no desire to break a hip on this trip.
We were back at the hotel in about 2 hours. Hugh spent part of his time inside a museum. I’m not certain if it was that he was interested in the exhibits but I KNOW he was interested in staying warm. When we got back to the hotel, we found out the hotel restaurants would be closed for the night as they had no water. We walked over to the coop and purchased dinner and some food to have in the room. We had a quiet night.
No Northern Lights predicted for night.
