- Another Icy Bay - Alice Bay (washingtonlandscape.blogspot.com)
I enjoy our periodic short burst of true winter weather. The cold periods in western Washington are short. I will say that while the areas subject to Fraser River outflow winds are a bit rough - 50 mph winds when the temperature in the teens and single digit range is not pleasant.
- Alice Bay is an old name for the bay at the mouth of the Samish River. It is not found on modern maps but references can be found in some references.
- Spica (stars.astro.illinois.edu)
SPICA (Alpha Virginis). Spica, the luminary of Virgo, becomes prominent in the southeast in northern spring evenings, and can easily be found by following the curve of the Big Dipper’s handle through Arcturus and then on down.