Tag: Midnight Sun

• Adult Spelling Bee

  

  This post has photos from our 2023 trip to the “Top of the World”, Utqiagvik, Alaska.  The text is the story of the Virginia spelling bee I joined last night. Our local library system hosted an Adult Spelling Bee fundraiser last night.  I haven’t competed in a spelling bee since classroom competitions as a school…

  Melissa Rudacille

  August 6, 2026

  Alaska Photos, Alaska Wildlife, Retirement

  alaska, Alaska Photos, Alaska Wildlife, Bird Watching, Midnight Sun, Spelling Bee, travel, Utqiagvik

• Utqiagvik, Part 3 Midnight Sun

  

  The sun rose in Utqiagvik on May 10 and will not set again until August 2. Our last night we stayed up until 2 to watch the sun circle around the horizon. C stood in the exact same place and you can use the tops of the containers to see how far the sun moved…

  Melissa Rudacille

  June 22, 2023

  Alaska Activities, Life in Alaska

  Arctic, daylight, Midnight Sun, Utqiagvik