That Wind

It can get pretty windy in Anchorage. The hillside and along Turnagain arm can easily get up over 90 mph wind gusts. Our neighborhood isn't quite that bad, but the other day it was pretty windy! We had already decided to take a walk up to the park so the dogs could get some exercise and Thomas could check out the new exposed playground equipment. It was probably not the best time to go...

It was sooooo windy! Eliza's face shows it the best. Then Thomas got blown over just trying to walk across the playground. He was certainly not impressed. I was pretty unimpressed with it when trying to pull a wagon up the hill with the wind pushing me back. It was a nice boost on the way down though. :)

As for the newly exposed equipment I mentioned - it's been there since we moved in, but has been covered in snow and ice. Due to very unseasonably warm temperatures here, we lost all of our snow! It's likely to snow again (we hope!), so we get to go through two snow melts this year. I was not impressed by the first snow melt - yucky roads, yucky yards and filthy cars every time we drive. The only positive is that the ice all melted out of our driveway, so it's not as much of an adventure to get the mail. (I'm ok with that!)