It's good to hear from you.  I just got your e-mail's when I got into work this morning.  Did you know we are three hours behind you in Texas? That means when you get to school in the morning at 7:00 am - I'm still in bed because it's 4:00 in the morning for me!  The other thing that's interesting about living here is that during the winter the sun doesn't come up in the morning until almost 10:00 am and then starts getting dark around 4:15 pm! So, it's still dark here.  I've emailed a couple of pictures from when I drove up here this summer from Arizona.  There is one road that goes through Canada called the Al-Can Highway that will take you to Alaska.  Here are some of the sights I saw on my trip.  I'll have to e-mail you some more especially of all the snow we get.
Take care & Thanks for the e-mails!

Scott