Spring.

This afternoon we took advantage of the nice weather and went for a walk around Westchester Lagoon.  The sun was shining, the sky was blue and we were entertained by all the of the birds that had returned from their winter vacation. Spring is officially in the air.

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In hockey news, the Alaska Aces beat the Stockton Thunder 4 games to 1 to win the Western Conference Semifinals.  They now face the Las Vegas Wranglers in the Western Conference Championship! Let's go Aces!

Also, our roomie Kane Lafranchise was recently crowned champion of The Hockey News' "Coolest Names in Hockey" poll.  Thanks to everyone that voted for him :)

We Did It!

Well it's official... the winter of 2012 is in the books as the snowiest on record in Anchorage! Exactly 134.5 inches of snow fell this winter, just over 11 feet! To compare to other years, the previous snowfall record was 132.6 inches, set in 1954-55, and the average seasonal snowfall is only around 74.5 inches. Record or no record, it's still a lot of snow!

While it's pretty cool to be able to say we were a part of the snowiest winter ever in Anchorage, I am really ready for it to disappear. Bring on summer!

playing in puddles.

So much snow!

Happy March!

Thought it's about time I share an Anchorage snow update: So far this winter we've had the 4th highest snowfall in Anchorage history... 119.9 inches (that's a whopping 10 FEET!) as of yesterday morning. Only 13 more inches to go to break the record! Definitely NOT impossible....

Ya that's a lot of snow, but at least we're not in Valdez, AK
where 403.9 inches of snow has fallen so far this winter. Ew!
(source: US National Weather Service Alaska)



The S Word

Our Zoo photographer, John Gomes, was busy this past week capturing the beauty of the snow, all while trying not to get lost in the heaping piles of it.  I thought I would share so you can see for yourself how much snow we have at the Zoo. Click here to check out his photos.  (This album also includes pictures of our new eagle aviary!)

Although the amount of snow that has fallen is not an Anchorage record, I've never seen anything like it! To put a number on it, I heard on the radio the other morning that the "official" amount that has fallen in Anchorage is 103 inches so far this winter... that's over 8 feet!  And we've still got March, the snowiest month of all... Yaaaaaay. (Can't you just feel my excitement?)