Northern Lights

Kimmy & I last night left the house at 4 for an extended hike for the expressed purpose of "getting away" - as if living in Kokhanok didn't already do that.

We made fresh tracks into the snow blazing a trail four miles into the bush. By 8 we found a spot to build a bonfire, roast apples, s'mores and make "Texan Cocoa". The clear night afforded us views of the full moon and the mountains on the horizon. Just about the time I realized snow had fallen into my gaitors I thought I saw a cloud lit by the moon; it turned out to be the northern lights.

For the rest of the evening until we got back home at 4:30, the sky moved with green, pink, and blue waves of lights.