I am in Alaska, look me up if your coming to the area.

vickeym

If you are ever here (especially in the South Central part of the state) give me a heads up. I am in the village of Talkeetna, 2.5 or 3 hours from Denali.

We are considered the "jumping off point" for those heading out to Denali, driving, flying, planning to climb the mountain, etc. When "THE Mountain" is out there are great views from here.

Torey

I certainly will, if I make it up your way. We can plan a plant walk.

Unfortunately, not in the immediate future.

annbeck62

thank you for the invitation. Alaska is on my bucket list :)

vickeym

@annbeck62 I'll warn you ahead of time you will fall in love and not want to leave.

@Torey I would love to do a plant walk with you someday. Picking your brain would teach me so much.

annbeck62

@vickeym no doubt....until winter came ;)

vickeym

@annbeck62 Surprisingly you can kind of get used to it. You end up only going outside long enough to go from building to car (many here have automatic stats so they can warm up before you go out) and then again from car to building. Plus we have lots of heavy warm clothing available.

I moved here from Florida where I was under blankets when it hit 70F. Now I can run outside for a couple minutes in a long sleeved t-shirt at 50F if it's not windy or raining. And a fairly light to med weight jacket even at 30F if I'm not staying outside very long.

Then you have to figure out the long hours of daylight or dark... :) In my area by mid-June it doesn't really get dark, more like dusk around midnight to maybe 2 am. Then it get light again. Winter is harder by mid- December it doesn't get light till around 10:30 and it is dark again around 3 or 4 pm.

annbeck62

@vickeym haha I moved to Florida from Wisconsin. Now I'm putting on a sweatshirt when it's below 70F :). although I must say the high humidity makes temps in the 60s feel a lot colder than they did up north (in my defense...).

vickeym

https://community.thegrownetwork.com/discussion/comment/924309#Comment_924309

Yes, the humidity in the winter or even just the cooler months makes it much colder feeling than the same temperature in a dryer area. Unfortunately the same is not true in the summer. The humidity makes it hotter then.

I was in / and just outside of Ocala. Last time I was there everything had grown so much through the state it was hard to recognize places I used to spend a lot of time in.