65 is summer where I live. If it gets much hotter than that, people start sweating bad. Heck, the shorts come out in spring on kids when it's under 40 degrees if it's sunny!
Right now it's 9:45ish and 36 degrees. Termination dust is on the mountains (otherwise known as snow--when you see snow there, it's time to stop projects and get ready for winter). The sky was pink both to the east and west last night, turning the mountains themselves pink. The lighting in Alaska is often very striking. Sometimes the sky is dark, but there's a bit of light right at the ridgeline making the mountains seem to glow. In fall, pink and red sunsets can span half the sky and last for an hour or more. And of course, if there are solar storms and the humidity is low, you can see auroras dancing in the sky. It's finally getting really dark outside for the past month or so, which is very welcome. 4th of July sucks here because it doesn't get dark enough for fireworks (though people set them off anyway--why I will never understand).
So all this rambling. . . sorry. I'm just pretty happy that fall has arrived and I'm oddly looking forward to having to put my snow boots back on.
At least that's the way it was when we were there.
Gonna have to think twice about going back to CA. 
