Aurora Viewing – Day 4 – 14 Mar 2016

This has been a recovery day. Too little sleep takes a toll. I hate to admit I ate a Gold Rush breakfast in the Gold Pan Saloon this morning: two eggs, hash browns, bacon AND sausage with two pancakes. I was able to wolf most of it down.

Although we had scheduled a third night of Aurora viewing, we three agreed we were done in. The forecast for Aurora activity was low even though the skies were clear. You can actually check the activity online every day through several sites. You can check the Geophysical Institute at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks at http://www.gi.alaska.edu/AuroraForecast. You can also check the Canadian Space Agency (who knew) at http://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/astronomy/auroramax/hd-480.asp. We figured with three nights of viewing, we could get one night guaranteed. It turned out to be our first night.

We returned to the steak house for dinner and I had their special pizza. The small pizza was an impressive amount of toppings. I immediately lost a cap on my front incisor with the first bite. Fortunately I didn’t swallow it. Call me snaggle tooth. I’ll get it re-installed when I return home. Wonder what security will think when they x-ray my carry-on and see a tooth in there?

We flew out at 8:30 am for Vancouver with a four hour layover to Denver. The next two nights will be just outside of Denver in Louisville where we hope to explore Rocky Mountain National Park, where by the way, they have a travel advisory for 5+ inches of snow, ground blizzards and 8F temperatures. Denver, by comparison, will be a balmy 53F. The difference a little elevation makes!

Apparently I am traveling with a couple of rogues. Both were pulled from security and “wanded” down. Nancy was further patted down and Michele had her camera wiped down and analyzed. I, of course, breezed through.
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It took longer to get through American customs than it did Canadian customs. The good news is that with the chip in your passport, you can “declare” pretty easily at a self check in machine and then with the Global Entry, make it through faster. Global Entry is the way to go.

We landed safely in Denver (my second visit to the airport but none to the city) and got our rental car for tomorrow. We head out around 9 am to Estes Park Mountain Sports to rent snowshoes and then to Bear Lake for a ranger led snowshoeing trek. We’re dressing for extremely cold temperatures.

One irritant was we made a specific request, confirmed for a four wheel drive Jeep Grand Cherokee so I would feel at home driving it. We got to Thrifty and the guarantee was not there. We are in a four wheel drive Ford Expedition and, dangerously, the controls, gauges, etc. are opposite the jeep.

Our reservations in Louisville areĀ at a Residence Inn. This is my first time staying in one and I am impressed. I related the yapping dog story to the clerk and he checked to make sure there were no dogs in the room next to mine!

Author: searcyf@mac.com

After 34 years in the classroom and lab teaching biology, I'm ready to get back to traveling and camping and hiking. It's been too long of a break. I miss the outdoors and you can follow my wanderings on this blog.

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