We're here! (well sorta). We are actually in Palmer Alaska. It is a city about 40 miles north of Anchorage. The reason we aren't in Anchorage right now is because our lease does not start until Monday morning. To stay the night in an Anchorage hotel during this month it would have cost us more than $150, but to stay here, it only costs us half!
Well, we started the day a little later today knowing we only had 500 miles to travel. We crossed the Canada-Alaska border after only 20 miles of driving. Customs this time around was a lot more lax. It consisted of the boarder patrol asking where we are coming from, where we are going, and what we are doing there. They didn't ask us a million ridiculous questions or unpack our entire car like the Canadian boarder patrol.
Looking back, it's kind of funny how amazed we were the first day we set our eyes on the hills and mountains of Canada. The reason I say this is because every day since then , the mountains became more beautiful and more unbelievable with each day we got closer to Anchorage. It's safe to say now that this place has the most beautiful mountains I have ever seen!
The only animals we saw today were smaller ones. Some more of the usual... tundra swans, ravens, little squirrels, and miscellaneous birds. We saw a new animals today tho... a fox! He was a little bigger than the fox we have back in the Midwest, but he wasn't shy about running back and forth across the road. He was probably looking for some of the funny colored bunny rabbits we saw today. There are the normal dark gray rabbits, but we also saw a couple spotted and colored rabbits, rabbits with black and white scattered in different patterns (no pictures tho).
We have been seeing snow on the tops of various mountains, but today we saw snow scattered along the side of the highway in a few places. It was the first time either of us have seen snow in the middle of summer! It's not like that all over Alaska, just that part of the highway due to it's elevation! Along the same stretch of highway, we got to see our first glacier! It was beautiful! I can only imagine how big it would be and what it would look like if it was mid winter instead of mid summer.
Tomorrow will be a day of catching up and getting a lot of errands done. We may or may not travel into Anchorage... we'll decide tomorrow depending on how much we get done. Feel free to call or email... we now have somewhat consistent contact with the world.
Well, we started the day a little later today knowing we only had 500 miles to travel. We crossed the Canada-Alaska border after only 20 miles of driving. Customs this time around was a lot more lax. It consisted of the boarder patrol asking where we are coming from, where we are going, and what we are doing there. They didn't ask us a million ridiculous questions or unpack our entire car like the Canadian boarder patrol.
Looking back, it's kind of funny how amazed we were the first day we set our eyes on the hills and mountains of Canada. The reason I say this is because every day since then , the mountains became more beautiful and more unbelievable with each day we got closer to Anchorage. It's safe to say now that this place has the most beautiful mountains I have ever seen!
The only animals we saw today were smaller ones. Some more of the usual... tundra swans, ravens, little squirrels, and miscellaneous birds. We saw a new animals today tho... a fox! He was a little bigger than the fox we have back in the Midwest, but he wasn't shy about running back and forth across the road. He was probably looking for some of the funny colored bunny rabbits we saw today. There are the normal dark gray rabbits, but we also saw a couple spotted and colored rabbits, rabbits with black and white scattered in different patterns (no pictures tho).
We have been seeing snow on the tops of various mountains, but today we saw snow scattered along the side of the highway in a few places. It was the first time either of us have seen snow in the middle of summer! It's not like that all over Alaska, just that part of the highway due to it's elevation! Along the same stretch of highway, we got to see our first glacier! It was beautiful! I can only imagine how big it would be and what it would look like if it was mid winter instead of mid summer.
Tomorrow will be a day of catching up and getting a lot of errands done. We may or may not travel into Anchorage... we'll decide tomorrow depending on how much we get done. Feel free to call or email... we now have somewhat consistent contact with the world.
Hey guys!!! I have a really good family friend who lives in Palmer! how crazy is that?! Its gorgeous up there, we have visited a few times :-)
ReplyDeleteLove your blog.. your pictures are awesome. My favorite is teh two of you jumping with the beautiful scenery in the background! haha have fun!
The picture of you guys jumping in the air is freakin sweet!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Did you have a timer on the camera or what? If so, that's awesome timing, must have taken forever!
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