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So, despite the fact that it was 16 degrees below zero when we left the house, we went to the Peninsula Winter carnival. It had all the standard events those of you outside Alaska might expect. Toss a frozen salmon. Dogs pulling hundreds of pounds of nails. Ice hockey, snowmachine rides and ice sculptures. J and I don't get out enough and even though Kadee didn' like the cold, it was neat to see so many hundreds of people in one place. Yes hundreds. In many ways living here is no different than anywhere else. On the other hand it is different.

How many of you have lined up at 10 below to toss a frozen salmon? Even Kadee did that. How many of you get excited to see more than a few people in one place? It was the perfect day too...cold and clear. Life goes on in Alaska even when it is cold. As I told Kadee today when she was crying: you are as much Canadian as you are American. And you are an Alaskan too. Time to toughen up. Let's go watch hockey.

Full post as published by A Public Defender's Life in Alaska on January 26, 2008 (boomark / email).