My best half is from North Dakota and she had never seen them until we were at a bike rally in SD. She was floored. She sat there for an hour an watched.
It is a grand site. Hope you get your wish.
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I have an online friend that travels for a living and she's in Ak. It's her second trip up there and she says that they are awe inspiring.
I haven't seen them as well as they do in AK, but I've seen them cover half the sky before. That's only happened twice, but the second time my son was with me. Glad he got to see it. It's like giant, colorful drapes that cover the sky, and they slowly shift and get brighter or dimmer. Quite a light show. The red colors are the rarest, too.
Wooowwww.....I have always wanted to see the Northern Lights! So beautiful!!
When you're up there in Ak your supposed to hear a noise that they make.