I started this blog to easily share our pictures and stories of our recent trip to Alaska. This was a destination that both Steve and I had always wanted to see.
Day 1 June 16
We were up at 4:30am ET to catch our plane. My mom arrived at 5:15 to take us to the airport. Once we got through security, we stopped to get some breakfast. Steve turned around and saw Nancy, one of the teachers I sub for. She and two other church members were leaving to go on a church mission trip. We sat and chatted until it was time to go to our plane. We took off from Orlando at 8:30, changed planes in Seattle (had to walk very briskly to make the connection), and landed in Anchorage, Alaska at 2:45pm Alaska time. There is a 4 hr time difference, so it was really almost 7 as far as we were concerned,and we had very little lunch. We got our luggage, and the RV rental place picked us up and took us to their place. After watching a very intimidating film about how to drive an RV, and signing a ton of papers, we were off. We went to Wal-Mart to buy fishing supplies and various items, then to the grocery store to stock up with necessities. Then we grabbed a bite to eat at a resturant near the grocery store. As we were driving south on the Seward Hwy, out of Anchorage towards Cook Inlet, I looked at the mountains and that's when it hit me. We really were in Alaska! I had wanted to go there since I was a teenager, and finally it happened.
Day 1 June 16
We were up at 4:30am ET to catch our plane. My mom arrived at 5:15 to take us to the airport. Once we got through security, we stopped to get some breakfast. Steve turned around and saw Nancy, one of the teachers I sub for. She and two other church members were leaving to go on a church mission trip. We sat and chatted until it was time to go to our plane. We took off from Orlando at 8:30, changed planes in Seattle (had to walk very briskly to make the connection), and landed in Anchorage, Alaska at 2:45pm Alaska time. There is a 4 hr time difference, so it was really almost 7 as far as we were concerned,and we had very little lunch. We got our luggage, and the RV rental place picked us up and took us to their place. After watching a very intimidating film about how to drive an RV, and signing a ton of papers, we were off. We went to Wal-Mart to buy fishing supplies and various items, then to the grocery store to stock up with necessities. Then we grabbed a bite to eat at a resturant near the grocery store. As we were driving south on the Seward Hwy, out of Anchorage towards Cook Inlet, I looked at the mountains and that's when it hit me. We really were in Alaska! I had wanted to go there since I was a teenager, and finally it happened.
Our 25' Winnebago motorhome. It had all the comforts of home and we throughly enjoyed traveling in it.
I had chosen a couple of possible campgrounds near Anchorage before we left home,not knowing how far we would want to drive that first night. We drove right by the first one (they aren't real big on signs up there!). We ended up driving 3 miles down a bumpy gravel road to Crow Creek Mine. The RV was not packed real well at this point, and we sounded like the Clampetts from Beverly Hillbillies going down the road. One of the cupboards came open and some pans went everywhere! By the time we got parked, unpacked, figured out where to store our suitcases, and generally got our act together, it was 11:30 AT, which made it 3:30 am our time. We had been up for 23 hrs! No wonder neither of us could think straight! It was still bright daylight outside, and we had trouble falling asleep even though we were so tired.
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