On AlaskaMagazine.com at the following URL is a really neat daylight calculator: 
http://www.alaskamagazine.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=9&Itemid=24

Punching in the city the database returned the following data for today:

Sunday
5 August 2007 Alaska Daylight Time

SUN
Begin civil twilight 4:39 a.m.
Sunrise 5:42 a.m.
Sun transit 2:05 p.m.
Sunset 10:27 p.m.
End civil twilight 11:29 p.m.

Can we say, "Holy jetlag batman"?  I was making some plans to prepare my body for this trip. Staying up later, drinking more coffee, etc., but a sleeping mask I had forgotten.  Guess I better hope Walmart has some in stock.  But, here in GA, I have to wait until after 1:30pm on Sundays to go buy one.  GA has Blue Laws that do not allow you to buy goods not found in a grocery store until after 1:30pm on Sunday.  Urgh. 

My family has spent parts of the last three days camping at Clarks Hill Lake, or Thurmond Lake as it is now called, on the GA and SC line.   We have been boating, swimming, kneebaording and grilling.  My kids love it!  I wanted to spend some quality family time with them before I embarked on my journey to Alaska tomorrow morning. 

Thurmond Lake is one of the southeast's largest and most popular public recreation lakes. Built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers between 1946 and 1954 as part of a flood control, hydropower, and navigation project, authorized purposes now include recreation, water quality, water supply, and fish and wildlife management. Each year, millions off people utilize the many public parks, marinas, and campgrounds conveniently located around the lake to pursue a variety of outdoor recreational experiences -making Thurmond one of the 10 most visited Corps lakes in the nation.  http://www.sas.usace.army.mil/lakes/thurmond

More later.

Ryan