September summary and then some...

The NWS summary for September in Fairbanks, Ak...

The average temperature for Fairbanks in September was 48.2° F, which was 3.3 ° above normal. The highest temperature was 65° on the 13th, while the lowest was 27° on the 30th. The first frost occurred on the 9th, when the temperature dropped to 30° at the airport.

Precipitation totaled 1.86" for the month, which was 0.76" above normal. While there were no major storms, 1.27" of rain fell from the 20th to the 23rd. No snow was recorded at the airport, but some of the surrounding hills reported light snow during the month.

Chart from Alaska Climate Center

Spent most of the month working on the cabin. About every ten years we wash the log walls and then give it a coat of log oil/wood preservative. This year we also did the back porch and the tool shed, since they hadn't been done in quite awhile. Also did some work on the windows, pulling off the trim,  removing the old fiberglass insulation, spraying foam in the gaps, and finally sealing them with new caulk. 

The cabin should be good to go for another ten years.

Been going to the "Airheads" meeting the last few months. They're a group of BMW riders who meet once a month at one of the beverage dispensing establishments for "barley therapy".

Quite a few bikes showed up since it had warmed up into the sixties. Everything from high tech, state of the art BMW's to some nice vintage iron. I got harangued by one Airhead for riding my Moto Guzzi, not a BMW, so he said he'd do me a favor and sell me one. I told him I come for the comraderie, not the bikes, but thanks anyway. You know what they say, if you can't take a joke, well...