On our way to our last dinner at our favorite restaurant last night and noticed this:?ÿ
?ÿMid October and the snow's already halfway down the mountains. Good thing we leave tomorrow for a sunnier warmer place to spend the rest of our years. About the only thing I'll miss about Juneau is the scenery and some of the relationships that I've made. I will definitely not miss the weather and that landlocked feeling.
On a side note, what do any of you think is the sticker on the upper left of the car in front of me. My first impression was the Aardvark from the cartoon "The Ant and the Aardvark" that was part of the Pink Panther show. On close inspection (it gets a little grainy) it looks like a mosquito, or maybe a fairy.?ÿ Thoughts?
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Isn't the mosquito the Alaska State Bird?
On the weather note, it's the opposite here - un seasonally warm and humid.?ÿ Every October I like to revisit some classic horror writers (M.R. James, Algernon Blackwood, Sheridan Le Fanu, etc.) but you kind of need some driven rain and a fire in the fireplace to set the mood; not mid 80's with the AC on.?ÿ
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Well to someone like Loyal it probably sound like I'm whining, I hear they've already had snow on the ground in Big Sky country.
It has been seasonal here though the last two weeks have been nothing but that driven rain you speak of, driven by 50-60 mph winds though. Last Winter is what really convinced us, it snowed till almost the end of April, which even the people who grew up here were saying WTF, then this was not one of the nicer summers either.
This past summer was a hot, dry one here in Oregon but the weather in October has been cooler and, perhaps, wetter?ÿ than normal. There has been snow in the mountains already.
That??s Mt. Hood, but I??m sure Santiam is about the same
That is most definitely an Alaskan mosquito.
Well to someone like Loyal it probably sound like I'm whining, I hear they've already had snow on the ground in Big Sky country.
It has been seasonal here though the last two weeks have been nothing but that driven rain you speak of, driven by 50-60 mph winds though. Last Winter is what really convinced us, it snowed till almost the end of April, which even the people who grew up here were saying WTF, then this was not one of the nicer summers either.
Well we have had snow on the ground for the last few mornings (and a few times last month), but it's gone by noon (except in the shade where it lingers a little longer). Lows in the teens, but generally above freezing in the afternoons. Looking at mid 50s for a few days (HEAT WAVE?)
We got about 2 feet in places, I had 14" on my patio chairs and it was still coming down. It had been very warm the week before so much of it melted as it hit the ground. But it crushed many trees around half the town was out of power for much of the day.?ÿ
However, it's nice again, the snow hasn't left three days later but it should be gone by Monday.?ÿ
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My realtors daughter is going to college there, she told me about the snow and how her daughter can't wait to go skiing
Well, I'm not sure but I think the Skeeters don't die here, but there's not a lot of standing water near my temporary digs, so not too many buzzin in my ears.
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Update, if anyone's interested:
Been here two weeks, found a temporary house to rent while looking to buy, already put in offer and it was accepted. We are now in the process of waiting on closing. General, Termite and Sanitary line inspection were all done yesterday with good results. Car got delivered Saturday, but the household goods are still floating around somewhere outside Tacoma for all we know, I asked and was not given any way to track it, and I haven't found a shipping tracker on line that seems to go back as far as when it left Juneau, so I don't have a name of the tug or barge to see where it might be. Guess I'll just have to wait.
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Started my new job with Maricopa County Real Estate Department yesterday, but for the time being it's the usual waiting for the IT people to add the necessary rights and programs onto my computer, but seems like a nice place to work. The commute from Sun City into SW Phoenix leaves something to be desired, but it doesn't appear to as bad as LA or NY Commuting.
Went to the website for your new place of business.?ÿ How can there possibly be 13,000 people employed by one county??ÿ Must be a huge county.?ÿ So, if I read this correctly, the County is basically in the development business by buying and reselling properties.?ÿ What will be your job function in support of that?
I think its one of the biggest counties in the country by population, i turned down a potential SPC opportunity on the DOT side, just didnt feel like it was what i wanted to do.
Seems to be pretty much what I was doing in AK, more support for the MCDOT and Flood control, diagrams and legals for easements and such
Sounds as though you will fit in immediately.?ÿ Until Summer anyway.
Flood control?????ÿ I had no idea Arizona had any water to deal with.?ÿ Only time I was in the neighborhood to see my aunt, uncle and cousin in Phoenix was 1956, so maybe things have changed.?ÿ Main thing I remember is that some giant snake had escaped from the zoo and everyone was being told to be on the lookout for it.
Last time I was in this area was in the mid-late 1980's, when my brother got married and he lived in Wickenburg. I remember driving up US 60 and seeing the sign for Sun City, US 60 was a two lane road then, now it's six lanes and should probably be bigger. This area is a lot like the Seattle and Los Angeles areas where even though you're driving through many, many towns you would never know except for the signs telling you what town you're entering. Not really looking forward to Summer, but what might be considered a "saving grace" is that I grew up in the Mid Hudson Valley, where it would seem that with the very diverse weather there that people seem to acclimate very quickly, lets hope so.
