Still raining and cool today. I wish we had kept track of how many sunny days we have had. Seems like lots more rainy days than sunny ones but maybe it’s just my stinkin thinkin after several days of this c**p. (I’m ok now!) Spent a couple of hours at the Seward Museum this afternoon. It’s a very nice little museum with good displays about the earthquake, local history and biographies of several of the original pioneers and interesting citizens. One feature was about Benny Benson, a 13-year-old boy from the local orphanage that designed the state’s flag back in 1927. After the museum we drove out to Exit Glacier, an easily accessible glacier flowing 2,500 feet down from the Harding Icefield. The icefield is 50 miles long by 20 miles wide and 3,000 feet deep. What we saw is just the tip of the iceberg. ;-) There were several signs along the drive to the glacier with dates that showed where the leading edge of the glacier was that particular year. Based on what we saw today there has been significant global warming in the last 125 years. But, without global warming, would we still be stuck in the ice age?
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