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      Wednesday, July 31, 2002
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 Looks like a new record today!!!! Unbelievable gorgeous day!!! Perfect day for the start of our 38th year in Alaska. 
 
  
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Low | 
High |  
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53°F | 
79°F |  
| Normals | 
52 | 
65 |  
| Records | 
39 (1951) | 
77 (1978) |  
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Sunrise | 
Sunset |  
| 31 Jul  | 
5:31 AM | 
10:41 PM |  
| 1 Aug  | 
5:33 AM | 
10:38  |    |    
      9:07:16 PM     
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 My carved bear looks ready for the beach. Maybe Niek should take a picture of him. (G rated of course!) 
So who's bikini is on my bear? Hint.
  
 
   
      9:01:09 PM     
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 Tonight Mom and I had our annual "Anniversary of our Arrival to Alaska" nostalgia dinner at the Marx Brothers. Peter joined us and we had a great time pouring over momentos from 1965. Certainly the most entertaining items were Mom's calendars from that time - she was very busy socially. So has anyone under the age of 60 in Anchorage heard of Pal Joey's? Evidently it was a great little bar - the Irish Setter (ugh) is now located where Pal Joey's used to be. 
Here's Mom and me, 37 years after our arrival in Anchorage:
    
      8:47:08 PM     
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 37 years in Alaska today! In 1965, Mom and I drove up to Alaska from Denver in a little red VW named Henry. Below is a rather lamely executed, but well-intentioned collage of pictures from our trip. (I need to take a class in Photoshop) 
 
  
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