Tuesday June 3rd 2008 - Anchorage John had lots to sort out for his business in the morning, we had a nice sleep in. He picked up his sport boat from the detailers and bought it back home. It is a Tomcat Catamaran 25.5ft, which is going to be named 'Mermite' after mermaids and marmite. After we had all met and had luch at 5th Street, a very nice 'Cheers' place. I went shopping with Lisa and Tayla while Mike went with John. Headed for Homer about 4.30pm. Was a nice drive, very pretty, got darkish about midnight, we arrived about [View Full Entry]

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It feels like home here at the Homestead RV Park where we just spent our third night. Hoping for the best, but preparing for the worst, we are keeping our fingers crossed that we don’t spend a week waiting for a new radiator. Just before 10 am, we received a call from Sarita at Colonial Honda stating that the radiator had arrived and to come right down and they would install it as soon as possible. Thirty-eight mile drive to Anchorage and 3 hours later, with a new radiator installed under warranty, we headed back to Homestead for the night and [View Full Entry]

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Monday 2nd June 2008 I woke at 6am - Mike at 7.30. We had both slept well, so tired I only woke cos I was cold, I was on the snow side. Overcast morning, drove to Trappers Creek Inn for the most wonderful cooked breakfast. Mike got a Pink Void Tshirt, he loves it. Drove for half an hour - sun was out, pulled over and had an hours sleep beside a lake. Woke refreshed and drove on to Palmer. 'Not alot to do in Palmer' Lisa had said. Watched a movie at the visitors centre, looked at the church of [View Full Entry]

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Thursday 29th May 2008 - Anchorage Slept until 7.30am, yet another sunny warm day in Alaska. Got a coffee and muffin on the go, had it sitting on the water front. Walked around town, looking at the sights, more and different cruis ships in. Went to the Russian Church, State House and statues, just looking. Checked out of the otel and caught a cab (a cadilac and the driver was an excentric, was a fun ride, he liked 'critters and caddies') arived at the Alaskan Brewery. Great fun, we were the only ones there when we arrived, had a couple of [View Full Entry]

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Things are continuing to go great. I am getting to know everyone here a lot better as well as feeling more comfortable in my surroundings. I am not even phased anymore about going to bed in the cold and waking up in the cold. It is just now a part of my life. I have had some different opportunities the past two weeks to go out and explore. But this weekend was great! On Friday (6/6/08) I had the opportunity to go fishing on the Lower Kenai River for King Salmon. I went out with 2 of our guides and a [View Full Entry]

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A couple side trips while in the Anchorage Area.... [View Full Entry]

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Today is the start of the last leg of the trip. No problems all this morning, our pre arranged coach trip from the boat at Whittier to Anchorage.. 60 miles away went off without a hitch. We picked up the rental car, another Chevy Cobalt at the airport and off we went. Anchorage is about the size of Geelong 250,000 pop if that’s a fair comparison. Its pretty flat, has some big shopping centres. Although the temp is 11 degrees and sunny, many people are in T shirts (but not us). The traffic appears to be like Canada, that is, much [View Full Entry]

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March: In Like a Lion, Out Like a Lamb I first heard this expression in grade school used to describe the transition of weather from winter to spring that occurs in March, but more than anything else this year, this expression accurately describes our month of March. In Like a Lion The lion got a head start during the last few days of February. Laura had actually been feeling much better. This gave us some confidence that we would be able to make it through my knee surgery the following week. Laura was feel so well that she went to church [View Full Entry]

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Today was the day Glenn had been waiting for. We went to the “Last Great Race,” the Alaska Iditarod. The official start is at 10:00am, which means we woke up much earlier than usual. Glenn threw on a pair of jeans and a jumper and was ready to go. I asked him if he might want another layer or two on. After a mulling it over for a minute Glenn threw on a second pair of pants, but still refused to take a pair of gloves. He learned his lesson soon enough: Brittana is always right!? (Question mark added by Glenn) [View Full Entry]

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We woke up heaps more sore than we were yesterday…at least I did. Glenn felt surprisingly well considering how much we (originally “he” but Glenn didn’t like it) fell. In order to have full movement of our necks and arms our day began with massages. With a little more control of our aching neck and back muscles we decided to take it a bit easier today by putting another to work: our wallet. Glenn had some input for today’s itinerary. While I was occupied setting up the blog Glenn discovered the “Alaska Channel” on tv. Our first touristy dest [View Full Entry]

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