-After several cold and grey days today was a pleasant change of pace. Eventually it was even warm enough that we needed to use the AC in our car. Of course, even this high wasn't particularly high and was certainly no where near the low 20s that were in the forecast a few days ago.
-Yesterday afternoon we tuned into the livestream of the PC convention in Newfoundland once we learned that the virtual tie on the second ballot was forcing a do-over/third ballot. Not only was it great to see all kinds of people I know (i.e. friends, former profs, former co-workers, and friends of my parents), but it was also neat to watch an entirely unscripted television event. Neither the viewer nor the producers knew what was going to happen and it was exciting.
-For some reason I recently remembered the idea of mushroom barley soup. This morning I started preparing a batch that we could have for lunch. Wow, that was tasty. I'm not quite sure why we haven't been making more of this stuff.
-I saw diagram outlining the ideal viewing areas for the recent Northern Lights eruption and it seems that Saskatchewan was one of the worst viewing locations. I guess now I don't feel so bad that we didn't try to wait for the clouds to clear. Hopefully we'll get another chance soon.
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Sunday, September 14, 2014
Saturday, September 13, 2014
Hunting for the Northern Lights
One of the advantages of living in Regina is that it is the furthest North I have ever lived in Canada. Presumably, this should improve my chances of seeing the Northern Lights rather dramatically. And several times since we've been here the forecast has called for the Northern Lights to be visible from this area.
Last night was one of those nights that the Northern Lights were supposed to be visible throughout wide swaths of the North (or the not-so-far-North-but-further-North-than-most-of-the-North-American-population). As neither Jeannette nor I have seen the Northern Lights we thought we might try to find them.
Fortunately, it was easy to head North and make it out of the city. Not long after we were out of the city we were even off the more well traveled paved roads and really making our way through rural Saskatchewan. Our hope was that if we were as far away from the city as possible the light of the city wouldn't bleed out and obscure our view.
Unfortunately, despite the clear skies we observed all day long, as the sun set cloud cover spread across the sky. By the time we found our selves driving among several of Saskatchewan's many fields there was so much cloud cover the moon wasn't even visible. Eventually things cleared enough that we were relatively confident that we could identify the outline of the moon.
So, not surprisingly, our first real attempt to head out to see the Northern Lights was a complete bust. I guess we'll just have to keep our eyes on the Northern Lights forecast and hope for better weather on our next trip.
Last night was one of those nights that the Northern Lights were supposed to be visible throughout wide swaths of the North (or the not-so-far-North-but-further-North-than-most-of-the-North-American-population). As neither Jeannette nor I have seen the Northern Lights we thought we might try to find them.
Fortunately, it was easy to head North and make it out of the city. Not long after we were out of the city we were even off the more well traveled paved roads and really making our way through rural Saskatchewan. Our hope was that if we were as far away from the city as possible the light of the city wouldn't bleed out and obscure our view.
Unfortunately, despite the clear skies we observed all day long, as the sun set cloud cover spread across the sky. By the time we found our selves driving among several of Saskatchewan's many fields there was so much cloud cover the moon wasn't even visible. Eventually things cleared enough that we were relatively confident that we could identify the outline of the moon.
So, not surprisingly, our first real attempt to head out to see the Northern Lights was a complete bust. I guess we'll just have to keep our eyes on the Northern Lights forecast and hope for better weather on our next trip.
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