Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion Julien Harris, of Soldotna, carries his puppy Jazzy while his other puppy, Roscoe, runs alongside near the Old Cannery Road entrance to the beach just south of the mouth of the Kenai River Thursday March 20, 2014 in Kenai, Alaska. Thursday's vernal equinox - the first day of spring in the Northern hemisphere - was marked by sunny weather and a 32 degree high temperature in Kenai.