Today is Elizabeth's LAST 24 hour shift👏. She's so ready to get out of here as the hospital is becoming overrun with Covid patients, including the maternity ward. Pregnant women are being brought in with Covid as this is the only place (aside from possibly Fairbanks) that has the resources to deal with them.. which is especially frustrating for the docotrs and nurses as the patients are all unvaccinated. Joe had zoom meeting with work in the morni...

Forgot to mention in my blog yesterday that our flights here were completely packed. Thankfully, everyone on the plane wore their masks and the vast majority did so even if they were eating or drinking (just lifting the mask to do so). Sadly, we got into Anchorage airport and several people were walking around there without masks on (or at least up) inspite of the federal guidelines to do so based on Covid's uptick. The stores here have maybe half the peo...

Arrived safely in Anchorage last night and ready to begin this adventure. We're here for a week before we start our drive "South from Alaska" (for those who followed us on our adventure when we drove with the RV up to Alaska, we named that trip "NORTH TO ALASKA".) We arrived last night into Anchorage, arriving close to 11 PM (which is 2 AM St Louis time). We spent most of today either playing with Zoe, or helping pack up what's left at their house. El...