Winter has been hinting at a visit for some time now, and boy howdy, has it ever shown up, just in time for Halloween. Here in our part of the Susitna Valley, Alaska, we were right in the crosshairs of two storms in as many days, which dumped about a foot of snow on us between them. That’s OK – we got the drive plowed out, and all our winter prep has been long since made. But it’s a good reminder. When our long, cold winter shows up, it often shows up with a vengeance. That seems to be the case this year.
And on this first flurry of winter, we bring you a dumb crook, someone who was too careless with garbage, and some neat new stuff at the Anchorage Museum.
First up: A dummy arrested for drunk driving – a front-end loader, no less:
On 10/31/24 at approximately 2145 hours Palmer AST performed a routine traffic stop on a front end loaded near mile 31…