Fall is Here!

All pictures are from a walk we took this afternoon.  We were only about a mile away from our apartment.  It really is beautiful up here in Alaska!

For those who have been following this blog for a little while, you may notice that these pictures look somewhat familiar.  They are of the same lake that we posted pictures of if an earlier post.  But if you compare the pictures, you'll notice that the mountains in these pictures have snow on them, while the ones in the past did not.  These are the same mountains as before.  But now there's something called "Termination Dust," which Alaskans use to figure out when snow is coming.  As it gets colder, the snow starts accumulating on the mountainside, and slowly moving down toward the city.  Within the next few weeks, the snow will be at a low enough level that it begins to cover Anchorage, and then we will have officially entered winter.

Happy fall!