As the snow continues to fall for the last three days, the one thing that I have to remind myself to do everyday is to shovel some of the snow around the house. Because it gets so cold here, if you don't shovel the snow early enough it turns into ice very quickly, which is very dangerous during the Winter time. Every morning before I go to work, my roommate and I both grab the shovels and make sure that we at least get the previous nights snowfall and clear the usual paths and the backyard area. It is quite the task. In the Interior we also have some morning rituals that you may not find in other places. First, you have to plug your car in at night to make sure that your radiator heater is warm throughout the night and that your car starts the next morning. Some people have auto starts, which will start throughout the night if the car reaches a certain temperature, but other folks, like myself, have to plug the car in to the side of the house or the garage area. This means walking to your car in the morning at least twenty five minutes before you want to drive it and letting it heat up throughout.
Second odd thing about the Interior, is that once you get used to the cold, it doesn't really bother you at all. This morning was just below zero, which wasn't too bad, which means if it gets to about fifteen or twenty, it will feel like a heat wave to many people in this town. At thirty degrees, I am more than comfortable with a nice fleece or sweatshirt and a pair of jeans. Who would have though a California Kid would say zero degrees isn't that bad?
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We used to puff our cars in Colorado, which is against the law, but that was nothing compared to what you have to do in Fairbanks. When are you moving to Anchorage?
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