Northern Lights

It has been just over two months since arriving in Alaska and one of the must-see things of this part of the world has eluded me the entire time; the Norther Lights. The first issue was the simple fact that for most of this same time period, the sun did not set. Once the sun began to set each night – still very late into the night though – I was on the ocean-side of this trip and clouds began to be the issue. Finally, every worked out with the sun setting and the clouds giving way to open sky, and after a half-hour wait… After photographing the lights for a half hour I stopped caring about the photos. It is not often I go silent (just ask my Mom) but for this short period of time I just stood in silence, with Kerri in my arms, and watched as the lights slithered through the darkened sky.

It was a great way to end this Alaska trip. Today we turn South to make a run through Canada back to the lower-48.