"Dutch" On the Upper Kenai River
March 17, 2009
Today, we saw nearly clear sky's in Anchor Point, except in the northwesterly direction of Mt. Redoubt where the sky's were overcast from the latest eruption. Slowly the clouds moved toward the direction of Anchor Point. The movement blocked out the sun to where just just a small patch could be seen. Within thirty minutes the sky was dark, as if it were late evening and slowly the fallout ash from Mt. Redoubt begin falling to earth. The clock on the wall said 2:00 p.m., but to the human sense it felt like it was late evening. The fallout fell for about 35 minutes and passed onto the southeast of us. Our clear skis returned but the landscape including the spruce trees were a ghostly gray in color.