Hey everyone! I am linking up today with Lena at her photography blog for her series 'Perspectives'. The prompt this time is around town. So here is a little bit about my town and then some pics!
We live in North Pole, Alaska. Yes, North Pole. And it's not THE North Pole, just North Pole. And I love it here. I cried when I found out we were getting stationed here. Like totally bawled my eyes out.
But after we got here, I fell in love. Yes, it gets freezing cold here. Well actually it get about 72 degrees below freezing for a couple months in the winter. That's -40 for those that don't want to do the math. Anything below -20 pretty much feels that same.
And yes, we get a lot of snow. But not as much as some places down in the lower 48 though. We get about 5 feet each year. For a while each year I swear it's too cold to snow.
And we have moose. They just kind of wonder around eating leaves off the trees. We see them all year round.
In North Pole, the motto is 'The Spirit of Christmas All Year Round'. It's true, you can look it up. :) Downtown the lamp posts are red and white striped, with roads named Santa Claus Lane and St. Nicholas Drive. Santa really does live here. And so do his reindeer. Although, I've never seen red nosed Rudolph before.
Ryan went to North Pole Elementary last year on Snowman Lane. This year he's at a different school though since we moved across town. And we attend St. Nicholas Catholic church.
We have one grocery store in NP and a few little stores. We do have a McDonald's, Wendys, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut. :)
We are about 20 minutes to Fairbanks, which has all the stores we need, Walmart, Fred Meyer, Old Navy, Barnes and Noble, etc. Except for a Target. The closest Target is 5.5 hours away. I know, crazy right. We are going in a few weeks so I'm excited!
I'm going to leave you with a bunch of pictures from North Pole, Alaska. We are supposed to be getting snow tonight and all weekend so stay tuned for some pics of that. Not sure if it will stick yet but we'll see.
This is so adorable!
ReplyDeleteMaybe I will visit one day :)
That is sooooo cool! Do you get a lot of tourists?
ReplyDeleteI think it is so cool that you live in North Pole Alaska, so cool!
ReplyDeleteI so want to visit Alaska at some point!!! It's the only state I haven't been to, but when I was in the Navy I did get to spend two week sitting about 12 miles off the coast. It looked pretty from there :-P
ReplyDeleteHow much fun, I love this post thanks for sharing :)
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would love for you to stop by any time :)
Thanks for sharing! I've been to Alaska, but didn't know there was a North Pole, Alaska. Very cool!
ReplyDeleteKerrie
http://familyfoodtravel.blogspot.ca
Found you through perspective photo challenge. Love your pictures and brought back memories of travelling through Alaska 20 years ago with a car, tent and 3 friends. Love your pictures.
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Dear Hayley,
ReplyDeleteI have visited North Pole Alaska.Once in the winter time. It was -40 in November. There was not much daylight. We went to the North Pole McDonald's after interviewing Santa Claus. When we returned to the car, our video camera had frozen to death. Litterally died from the cold. We lived in Anchorage at the time and had to ship it down to Seattle for repairs. It was a great movie that we made about North Pole though. Santa has elves that read his letters in foreign languages. Those elves are students at UAF. I went in the summer time and it was way too hot. The sun never went down. I think we were really in Fairbanks not NP but close enough. Oh yeah, on our drive up to NP, the frost never left our windows. Maybe it was a beater car and that was why but when your a student, that's all you can get sometimes. Sorry for all the typos but I didn't want to retype the whole thing. using an ipad has made things kinda hard at times. We live in Oklahoma City now. It's pretty cool here too just not as cold. :o)
What a great place! Love how the entire town is themed :))
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Paula
lifeasweknowitbypaula.blogspot.com
Love blogs that feature photography :) New follower from bloghop.
ReplyDeleteThis makes me miss Alaska.
ReplyDeleteI love it!! :)
ReplyDeletewow what a cute little town!
ReplyDeleteI just followed your link here from Mandy's Facebook page and have to say how cute your town is! Love it! I live in Australia so it's the total opposite weather here!
ReplyDeleteDoes the town go completely crazy at Christmas time? I bet you get a lot of tourists!
Oh my goodness, how fun!
ReplyDeleteI didnt know there was a north pole alaska!
Definitely a festive town. Thank you so much for sharing!
I am so glad you linked up to Perspectives! Hope to see you back again this week! :)
~Maria-Isabel
www.agapelovedesigns.com
This is crazy! I never thought there was actually a north pole in alaska! It's adorable.
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