FINALLY!

I finally have the energy to blog today. I finally didn't fall asleep doing something. I finally can give you an overview of my trip (= Sorry in advance if it's a bit jumpy aroundy.

Our road trip from Texas to Alaska was a blast. There was lots and lots of driving. Lots and lots of farms, lots and lots of trees and not nearly enough sleep! We drove into Dallas, spent the night there, dropped off Saima and Rea at the airport at 5 am and then went back to bed! Maija had an appointment at 11 am to get her passport. Then we had to wait for it to process or whatever. So we didn't get out of Dallas until around 3 pm. We had planned on driving all the way to Denver Colorado, which meant we would have been driving until around 3 am. But, we started seeing tons and tons of lightening. So we ended up stopping in a little town near the boarder of Texas and New Mexico, Dahlart. It had a strong smell of cat pee. Every where! Our hotel room wasn't bad though, mostly it stunk right outside the hotel doors.

On the second day, we drove through the boarder of Texas and New Mexico, and then New Mexico and Colorado. In Colorado we stopped in Denver to visit Lucy Boyd, who was Miss Arctic Circle when I was running for Miss Teen Arctic Circle! She cooked us a HUGE musk ox and gravy dinner. Then we had smelts and seal oil and a whole bunch of other food for the native soul! We ended up spending a couple of hours over there and then got back on the road and crossed the boarder into Wyoming. We had planned on driving until around 1 am, but when we found out that recently married Mary Ann Goff, just moved into the next town we were driving through. So we stopped and stayed at her house for the night. We shared lots of laughs and stories from her wedding.

Day three, we only got into Montana. Day three was not exciting, we just drove... and passed farm after farm after farm. In Montana we had planned on going out, but ended up only going to Applebees and then going home and going to bed because we were way too tired!

On the fourth day, we crossed the boarder into Canada! Canada is beautiful and we were awestruck at everything. I will be honest when I say that I can't remember exactly where we stayed each night in Canada, but I do know that we stayed in Whitecourt, Fort Nelson, and the car... I also don't know exactly how many days we were there. I was extremely tired, and I can hardly remember things anyway! In Canada we ran into a family that is from Kotzebue, the Hully's! It was awesome because after we had seen them we started following them and it took a lot of stress off of our shoulders. We stopped at the hotsprings and whirlpool and a fancy little cabin near a lake. Canada is beautiful. It reminds me a lot of Alaska.

Anyway, we are back and alive. I am super sleepy. Hopefully I can catch up on sleep more and blog more often. But for now I am good.

Dear Deployment,
The last couple of weeks or days or however long it's been since I wrote, I win. I ruled you. I passed my one month mark, which makes me super proud! I also got to skype with Zach for the first time, which was AMAZING!! Anyway, you suck and I am tired. Love, Elsa...