Friday my husband and I drove to Palmer to see the Alaska State Fair. The weather was pleasant which is not often the case this time of year. We enjoyed watching three little pigs, 11 weeks old racing around the track in hope of winning a special treat.
There were two new world records for vegetables this year at the fair. That is one of the most fun parts of growing vegetables up here. I remember getting two 8 pound beets a few years back but that is nothing compared to the ones that grow for the fair. I believe that it was a turnip or rutabaga ( don't remember which) that weighed in at 127 pounds. This year they both took new world records. A couple years ago the winner was a pumpkin that weighed 800 or 900 pounds. It was absolutely huge and was grown down here on the peninsula.
On the way home we watched about three dozen beluga whales coming up for air as we drove alongside the inlet for about a 10 mile stretch.
We have already experienced termination dust, which is the first snowfall on the mountaintops which indicates that winter will be arriving in about another 6 weeks! I am not quite ready for the heavy coats and boots.
Sunrise today was at 7:10 am. and sunset will be at 8:54 this evening giving us 13 hours 43 min. and 41 seconds of daylight which is a loss of 5 min. 29 seconds from yesterday. We have been losing daylight daily since June 21.
