Well today was quite an interesting day! I'm sure many of you are wondering about the picture. I'll get to that, but I'm going to start from the beginning of the day. Today we headed south on the same highway we were on yesterday, only today we went further. We saw the mountain goats again today, but one was very close and we got a good look at it and some good video and pictures. We went past this tiny town of Girdwood, which literally is nothing more than a gi...

Living in the lower 48, let alone the midwest, we are very blessed with fresh meats and produce. Up here, they're blessed with fresh seafood and not much else. The milk I'm drinking right now comes from the State of Washington as does most things. I had a hard boiled egg for breakfast yesterday and it was horrible. Asparagus is served with every dinner around here and it is always frozen and not very good. However, the seafood is absolutely amazing and better tha...

If you ever wondered what baseball team they root for up here, the true answer is none since this is truly Hockey country. Game 7 of the Stanley Cup last night was their Super Bowl. However, if they had to pick a team, it's probably the Seattle Mariners or the Chicago Cubs-I've seen a handfull of people walking around wearing Cubs and Seattle Mariners stuff. But it makes sense since those are the two teams that are televised around here (WGN is broadcasted up her...

Well, we're finally here in Anchorage! Sorry it's so late folks, it was a long day. We got to ohare around 7 am and flew thru checking our bags and security, both of which took us 5 minutes! (yes, I'm serious, and yes, I'm talking O'hare folks) Our flight was quite possibly the best flight I've ever been on. We sprung for 1st class, which for a flight like that, it was totally worth it. For lunch, we got warm mixed nuts, followed by a salad, followed by steak and...