Brrrrr......

We are in the grip of a serious cold spell.  Down around zero at night and only in the mid-teens during the day.  YIKES!  And lots of wind.  Gusts to almost 80 mph in Douglas last night.  And more of the same for the rest of the week.  Ugh...

At least there's a little snow on the ground now.  We have probably got 20 inches or so since I've been back from vacation - although the snow piles shrink every day in the cold and very dry air.  When it turns to rain this time it will take awhile to melt all the glaciation. 

To keep my mind off the weather I have been photoshopping my Hawaii pics.  And downloaded all my Flip videos.  It took three days of fiddling with this damn program to get my videos uploaded.  In fact, I'm still fiddling and just got an error message.  Damn!  Will try again.  Here goes... 

Well, sorry, only one ATV vid...the other one was better...more scenery...but still you should get the drift.  As a consolation prize, a couple of pics from the resort.

Sun going down at Kaanapali

Always lots of scenery on the beach

And watching people crash and burn in the surf is amusing...

In other news, took mom to the clinic early this morning for a cortisone injection in her back.  It took longer than I expected but she came through with flying colors.  She feels good this afternoon - the novocaine probably hasn't worn-off yet; but hopefully in 3-5 days the cortisone will work its magic.

Later gang. 

Ooops.  This just in from our friends at the National Weather Service.

...ANOTHER HIGH WIND EVENT SOUTHEAST ALASKA MID WEEK...

ANOTHER PERIOD OF VERY STRONG WIND IS LIKELY IN PARTS OF
SOUTHEAST ALASKA AROUND WEDNESDAY. EAST WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 90MPH ARE POSSIBLE AT SEA LEVEL BETWEEN EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING ANDTHURSDAY MORNING. STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE CENTRALAND NORTHERN PANHANDLE INCLUDING A TAKU WIND IN THE JUNEAU AREA.

THE WEATHER PATTERN THAT CAUSED FREQUENT WIND GUSTS OVER 50 MPH
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY FROM JUNEAU TO SKAGWAY AND THE CENTRAL OUTERCOAST IS GRADUALLY WEAKENING. THE HIGHEST MEASURED WIND GUST WAS150 MPH /130 KNOTS/ AT SHEEP MOUNTAIN SOUTH OF JUNEAU AT 3540FEET ELEVATION. HIGHEST WIND GUST AT SEA LEVEL WAS 103 MPH /90
KNOTS/ AT CAPE SPENCER IN CROSS SOUND.

A NEW STORM BREWING MONDAY HALF WAY BETWEEN SOUTHEAST ALASKA AND HAWAII WILL MOVE TO THE SOUTHERN PANHANDLE BY WEDNESDAY. AFTER A BRIEF LULL IN WIND TUESDAY... STRONG EAST TO NORTHEAST WIND WILL DEVELOP TUESDAY NIGHT AS THE APPROACHING STORM CENTER NEARS DIXON ENTRANCE. SOME SNOW IS EXPECTED OVER THE SOUTHERN PANHANDLE WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY BUT THE REAL STORY WILL BE THE WINDS CAUSING LOCAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. STAY TUNED FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THIS DEVELOPING SITUATION.

Shit oh dear....