Well now that I have finally been able to get around to some internet I can share what it’s been like in Alaska. My trip here was pretty exhausting from all the nerves and travel from one airport to another from Fresno, to Portland, to Seattle and finally Anchorage. Flying into Anchorage was one of the most beautiful sites; we flew over amazing mountain and a view of the whole Alaskan Peninsula that was so crystal clear visible as we were descending it almost looked fake. There was still tons of snow on these mountains which was really beautiful, then we crossed over some very lush green forest areas with lakes and puddles and soon enough we were in Anchorage at 10:45pm but it was still so light outside it felt more like 6pm. This whole daylight thing is going to throw me off for a while I can tell. You feel exhausted and you’re looking at the clock like “ok I know it says its midnight but it looks like a dusky 6am, I feel tired but I can’t sleep” very odd feeling. I see now why people invest in blackout curtains you have to shut out the light and be on a schedule of shutting your curtains/blinds so have some sort of difference between day time and night time.

Anyway the view from the second we stepped outside after claiming our baggage was just amazing, you’re literally surrounded by a beautiful snow topped mountains almost everywhere you look. Needless to say I couldn’t stop ooo’ing and aww’ing at how green and nice everything looked. Oh and the temperature…a crisp 59*! The next day Nazario (a guy from the valley who came up here for a job too and whom had been my travel buddy) and I decided we would walk to the nearest bus stop and see where it took us. The nice thing was it actually went downtown which was where we wanted to go anyway. So we go off the bus and walked down to a local place that is very famous in Anchorage and has also been on TV a few times. It’s called Humpy’s Alaskan Alehouse it’s a bar and grill, and has been featured on Man vs. Food for its food challenge the “Kodiak Arrest.” So we decided to grab some lunch which was delicious and then head down to the Anchorage Museum, seems like the right thing to do right? After about an hour and a half there (most of it running around the discovery hands on part of the museum) we decided to head back to the house we are staying at.

Oh and by the way the stories about the mosquitoes…ARE TRUE! They are everywhere right now and will carry you away as their food source if you are not careful, bug spray is highly recommended. I’ve been able to get away with wearing one of those Off Fans you clip on but only work really good if you are in once spot the whole time which is nice for reading outside. There is also a little park about a block from the house I want to check out, up here we get Canadian geese you can hear flying over honking and a lot of sea plane tours that fly over because they launch from a water area not too far from this house. I was happy to learn that this is a “sweet tea” state, I almost forget I am in a whole new state until little things like that make you go ‘oh yeaaaah I’m not in California anymore how do they do things here’ the no sales tax is nice too.

 Well this post as been long enough, until next time!