Dogs, Snow, Tea and Donuts

I've got my cup of tea and a lovely chocolate covered donut. I stopped by the grocery store this morning on my way in to pick up some non-dairy creamer (aka Fake Yummy Milk Dust) for the office. We ran out about a week ago and after my first cup of straight tea, I swapped over to cocoa until the supply was restocked... As my stop for milk dust assured my tardiness, I felt obligated to soften this blow by carting along a dozen donuts for the Friday morning troops. That... and I'll be working a half hour later this afternoon.

I heard on the radio weather report this morning that it was -23 degrees in Eagle River. That's close to our house and on the way in to Anchorage. For some reason, it was only like -4 in Anchorage. Must be some sort of black hole heat-sucking vortex in the Eagle River valley. Who knew?

*** adding another bit of sweet sweet sugar to my tongue blistering cup of tea ***

On my lunch hour today I plan to head over to 4th Avenue (I work on 7th Avenue) to see the World Championship Dog Sled Races which begin at noon today. They'll be going on for 3 days as part of the Fur Rondy celebrations. Here in Alaska, we don't put as much effort into clearing snow off the streets as we apparently do in loading the snow back on to the streets. At least 4th Avenue from A Street to Cordova Street. They've closed that section so they can line the street with snow. I've not been here that long, but I hear dog sled races work best on snowy surfaces. I'm just wondering where the sleds go once they hit Cordova Street. If that's the end of the race, it's more like a short Dog Sled Sprint. But what do I know?

Okay, the tea has reached it's ideal sipping temperature. Later.