Happy Camper

Aloha, er I mean, “aang” as the native Alaskans say. I made it through my four flights yesterday. PDX→Anchorage→Kotzebue→Nome→Camp. When we flew into the camp, it was like nothing that I have ever seen before. There is no sign of civilization for miles upon miles. The camp consists of 20 large steel and canvas tents, dirt runway and two outhouses. I had a hard time accepting the fact that I will be using one of these for a whole week, but seeing Blake for the first time in three months makes is all worth it!

Flying into Nome

Cargo Plane that I took into camp

"Stuff" that the plane was hauling into camp

Extra big smile because I was excited to see Blake

We flew for about 30 minutes and looked at all types of terrain

More of the flight into camp

My nerves were pretty high during my travels. Once I settled into camp and laid down inside the tent while it rained outside, I started to relax and really enjoy being in the wilderness. My plans for the week include hiking with Blake when he’s not working, helping the camp cook with preparing meals and baking some treats for the crew, catching up on the work projects that I have been putting off and exploring a place that very few people ever get to experience.

I’m sure that my eats and exercise will be a little out of the norm for this week, but I’m going to roll with it because that’s all that I can do. As long as I can squeeze in some salads and a run or two, I know that I’ll keep feeling good.

I hope that you have a great week and I’ll check-in as much as possible.

Signing off from the “middle-of-no-where-Alaska,”

Kilee