A Florida Cracker in the Last Frontier

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zLfCnGVeL4 - The Sound of Silence by Simon and Garfunkle The version from Disturbed is really really good!  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9Dg-g7t2l4 I meant to write this a long time ago during the Winter Solstice back on December 21st. Back when I lived in Florida, the Winter and Summer Solstice didn't mean a whole lot to me. The length of the day and night aren't all that different. Here in Alaska there is a huge change. The Winter Solstice is the when we have our darkest day. It meant that the sun came up around 11am and went back down around 3pm. If there is cloud cover like in this picture taken at noon on 12/21/2017 you can't really tell it's daytime. After the solstice the days start to get longer and here you can really tell. We average an additional 4 to 5 minutes of daylight until the Summer Solstice when it will be day even at night. I love how the light shifts and looks different throughout the year. How th

Cheeseburger in Paradise - Jimmy Buffett Unfortunately I didn't take pictures but maybe I will in the future. Every Friday for the last two months or so I have taken the family to different local burger places in Anchorage. Lorrie had the idea and I had been thinking about it too, list each place and talk about what we liked, didn't like, cost, etc. Tommy's Burgers $$$$ - Lorrie liked the burgers here best. The fries were good. The thing that                                         bothered me were long wait, small cramped restaurant, and by far the most                                         expensive place we went. Hamburger Haven $ - Best value by far. They had the best onion rings and fried okra. The fries                                               were meh and the burgers were good but not great. Spenard Roadhouse $$$ - This place was a gorgeous sit down restaurant with great kids meals. The                                     service started great