go to Alaska

I watched the movie “The Proposal” and it’s supposed to be set in Alaska. It made me think of this goal.

...in a heartbeat!

I’ve wanted to do this ever since I met an eskimo in 1981. I met her in Washington National Airport (aka Reagan Intl) and she had never been out of Alaska and was dressed in her entire “Eskimo” native wear on a very cold D.C. winter day. She had this AMAZING coat, hat, big high fur boots. She was so adorable. She was moving permanently to D.C. and I’ve often wondered if she stayed!

i leave in a month :)

I’ve got my plane and cruise booked. It’s a month and a week away. It’s probably cheating to have it as a goal when it’s pretty much a done deal, but I like having something easy on my list instead of looking at all the angst producing stuff all the time.

I took an Alaskan cruise

DH and I will fly to Anchorage Sunday, August 30th, Delta flight #1201…:)

I had the opportunity to spend several weeks there many years ago and I have wanted to return ever since. It’s an amazing, huge state. I loved the glaciers, got tired of driving for hours and not seeing the scenery change, and loved our excursion to “Chicken”! Definitely a place to go if you enjoy the outdoors.

Camping at Denali, finding “ice worms”, picking low bush cranberries, wonderful memories.

Flying back to school from San Francisco last Spring Break afforded me the chance to fly to Anchorage. American Airlines (an airline I would never recommend to a friend) asked for volunteers to switch on a later flight due to overbooking, in exchange for $400 vouchers. Pete and I immediately agreed it was a good idea. We researched early and found that round-trip to Anchorage in late May was $422 plus tax, so we booked it up. Stayed in Seward for a week at a hostel (there are plenty of cheap hostels in the Seward area) and had an amazing time. Trip highlight: photographing breaching humpback whales on the Kenai Fjords boat tour.

FIND A WAY AND GO!

I wonder what it would be like to do a road trip to Alaska. It would be a very long trip, but I’m sure that I would get to see a lot of interesting things along the way. I’d have to make sure that I did the road trip in the summer, and not in the winter!