Road Trip

First of all, I'm not a slacker.  Let's get that cleared up:-) I am several days late in my post, but I'm sure you can forgive me. 
Secondly, last week had me thinking of the crazy year it has been.  One year ago last week, my husband and I woke up in Anchorage, Alaska for the first time.  Now I know what you are thinking.  All this girl talks about is freaking Alaska!  Well, you are correct.  That is because I live in this amazing place that is completely out of this world. 

Good bye, Utah!

Now. Back to the story.  It took us several days to get from Utah to Alaska, and it was quite the road trip. 
Picture this.  Thanksgiving morning.  You are supposed to wake up to amazing smells, yummy treats, and a parade, right?  Well, we woke up, had breakfast, and got into our crammed vehicle and started to drive.  We made it to Seattle that night, (no thanks to the random blizzard in Washington) completely starved.  We had been so focused on getting to Seattle in time that we didn't stop anywhere for food.  We started to walk through the area directly around our hotel and realized something.  No one was open because, yes, it was still Thanksgiving.  Luckily we had a loaf of banana bread with us in the car.  Banana bread and hotel lobby hot chocolate.  The Thanksgiving feast of champions. 

Driving onto our boat...

The next few days sailed by, literally, because we were on a boat.  We drove our vehicle onto the Malaspina, and sailed to Haines, Alaska.  Those were some fun days.  If you have ever been on a cruise, picture it.  Then think back 50 years and add an attendant named Smiley, and that is the boat we were on.  It was a great time, filled with Alaska documentaries in the 'theater', stopping at a grocery store in port to get some 'real' food,  and some sea sickness.   But we won't get into that. 

This creek, Sanpete Creek, was named for our
Sanpete County in Utah!! Yay, Canada is cool sometimes:-)

Finally we docked in Haines.  There had been a whopper of a snowstorm earlier that day, so our first impression of this part of Alaska was SNOW!!!!  Our destination was a charming little town in Canada called Haines Junction.  Although it was only a mere 150 miles, the journey took 5-6 hours.  We left the HJ the next morning and traveled to Tok, Alaska.  We met the nicest Chevron attendant, and were so happy to be paying for gas by the gallon instead of the liter. After resting in Tok for a little too long, (we had our own little cabin and Bailee thought it was her knew home) we drove to Anchorage.  As we dropped into the Mat-Su valley, we were greeted by the most amazing view of just one of the many very large mountains in the area.  What a welcoming sight! 
Yay for being in Alaska, tune in next time when we will debunk Alaskan myths!! Fun, huh?