Day 1: Minneapolis to Seattle

Today marks day 1 of this about-seven-week journey, and I can't believe it's finally here. There were so many up-downs to finally deciding that I could even do the Alaska trip. I definitely haven't had to set my alarm for 6:15 in quite a while. It wasn't too bad. My mom drove me to the airport and I waited in a very long security line where I discovered that only ONE lane was open, while the other two lines had THREE lanes open. Then I showed up at the wrong gate looking for Cristian, who was nowhere to be found. I'm sure I looked like an idiot standing on a chair looking around for him. However, everything else was smooth sailing. Sat next to a nice PT student on the way to Seattle, and there were no complications. We landed at 10:25 and are scheduled to depart from SeaTac to Fairbanks at 1:10. I keep forgetting about the time change. Anyways, so far there is not much to tell except that I am excited that all of this has started (even though I did feel like throwing up on the way to the airport). Hopefully we'll arrive in Fairbanks, take a taxi to the apartment, then decide what to do about dinner and get unpacked. Stay posted!

Beauty of Fall

I absolutely love getting out in the fall to catch some of the changing leaves and beautiful scenery. It's hard to believe this process that takes so long just leads to the leaves falling off the trees and the land becoming bare...although, not NEARLY as bare as I'll see in Barrow. Here are some of the shots I took today! PRAISE GOD!