Leavin' on a jet plane

Danaus29 · #1 09-18-2008, 12:33 AM

Yep, time is running short. We have to be out of here early Saturday morning for our 9 am flight. Won't be back until late the next Saturday, if all goes as planned. Maybe we'll get more free tickets. In a way I kind of hope we don't. I can't afford a 3rd free Alaskan plane flight. Rental car, gas, food, souveniers, etc. No hotel this time, it will cost twice what we paid last year.

I will try to get someone to check in for me while I am gone. David and Rebekah will be destroying the fort.

Bird Lover · #2 09-18-2008, 10:21 AM

What lucky guys you are! Everyone I know that has been to Alaska loved it & would go again, although few have. If you get bumped & receive another free trip....raffle it off! Where will you be staying? Making day trips & motel stops?

greenasagourd · #3 09-18-2008, 07:17 PM

Twice as nice! Have the best time!

I'm so looking forward to your photos.

Danaus29 · #4 09-18-2008, 08:30 PM

We will be staying wherever we end up at night. I want to see Kodiak Island and Kenai Peninsula, Prince William Sound, the eagle sanctuary, the whale migration route, the northern lights from the ground, Mt. McKinley, some of the interior wilderness, Seward again (that king crab dinner sure looked good), more of the glaciers, Wasilla, and on and on and on. We also want to try gold panning and hope to bring back some shiny yellow rocks. If I won a free trip every year for the next 10 years I wouldn't be able to see it all. Plus we need to visit my granny and my brother and his kids. I hope to have some great photos and experiences to share with you when (if) we get back. One lady we spoke to last year lives in Alaska because that's where she ended up when she ran away from her kids.

Dog Mom · #5 09-18-2008, 11:37 PM

That sounds like more than a week long trip! So much to see and do, so little time and money! That's life.

Enjoy yourselves. I hope you have great weather and take lots of pictures to share.

Danaus29 · #6 09-19-2008, 07:01 PM

Won't get to see Kodiak island after all. The ferry cost is $74 one way per person! $200+ for the car. Bummer! Oh well, we will just do some driving, camping, hiking, sightseeing, panning (pans are washed and will be packed as soon as they dry), etc. Lots of other places to see and things to do. Soon as my coats are dry I will be packed and ready.

herasday · #7 09-19-2008, 08:14 PM

Have a wonderful time, Rhonda. And of course, take lots of pictures. You are going a little bit earlier in the year than last time, right? So may see different flowers and plants and wildlife?

I hope you get to see everything you want to see most, and find some gold in them thar hills as well!!

Danaus29 · #8 09-19-2008, 11:31 PM

Yes we are going earlier. It's still peak tourist season there which is why to hotel costs so much more. Hopefully there will be some insects and flowers around still. Bears are getting ready to go into hibernation and salmon are still running. We hope to get to see the whales migrate, we missed them last year. I did want to go in August but Tim couldn't get off work until now.

As for the gold, I don't know if any of you remember but we did do a little panning in Colorado with my dad. If he didn't see some pencil eraser size nuggets within 10 minutes he was ready to move on. I don't know how much gold he found during his life in Alaska and he sure didn't want to tell me but I bet it was quite a bit. I wouldn't mind filling a 20 oz pop bottle with shiny yellow metal.

herasday · #9 09-20-2008, 01:39 AM

If you fill a 20 oz pop bottle, Rhonda, next time, I'm comin' with ya!!! For sure!!

Danaus29 · #10 09-20-2008, 01:41 AM

If I fill a 20 oz pop bottle I'll buy your ticket! LOL

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