I saw the northern lights!!!

After a dry spell of about a week and me boring you to death I finally have exciting news!! I witnessed the Aurora Borealis tonight! This time I'm about 89% positive that it wasn't just city lights. My camera died and isn't strong enough in night shots to have captured it for you. So how do you ask did I come across this? Well my friend B texted me asking if I was free tonight....well having no life of course I was.

We were both wound up and giddy as children after eating birthday cake. Giggles and funny stories ensued in our drive around town. We ended up stopping at Sal's dinner. You see B is from the south and in the south they have this place called the Waffle House...essentially 24/hr breakfast. So when she found out that this place had similar qualities well let's just say the party had just begun. She ordered a giant plate of french toast and eggs and I teased her mercilessly about drizzling the whole concoction with sticky maple syrup. We also split a cinnamon roll that was the size of my head. Not that I needed to add to my carb load or anything....

Feeling mightly guilty about the amount of carbs that we ate we decided to head to Walmart to burn off the extra layers. On the way B looked up in the sky and noticed a green streak. Now given our track record from our previous attempt I wasn't entirely convinced. Pulling down the back country road and climbing out into the icy cold...sure enough...there was this magnificent dancing zig zag of blueish green in the sky. If I hadn't been so cold then I would have stayed out longer, but this is Alaska ya know. The view was absolutely stunning. 

We did laps at Walmart like old lady mall rats, bought taco fixings, mused about like minded nanny things and craned our necks at odd planter pots. Saw a moose inside a wire fence eating a protected tree and bee bopped our heads to Beyonce. All in all a great night.