Leaving on a Cargo Plane

Hey! How’s your week going so far? The past week has had it’s ups and downs for me. The up being that I am taking off for a vacation right now and the down being that I was scheduled to leave last Friday and the trip ended up getting postponed. Everything happens for a reason; I’m trusting that this week will be a better week for my travels.

Where am I going for the next week? Let’s see if this will help you guess:

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And the dead giveaway:

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I’m headed to Alaska. Blake’s been working up there since May and I have been planning a trip up to visit him all summer. After several delays and flight changes, I am sitting at PDX getting ready to board my flight. Tomorrow morning I’ll arrive in Nome and then take a charter plane into the camp where he’s stationed. I had to sign a confidentiality agreement to be able to stay there, so I will not be posting any photos of the camp itself. I will try to post any photos that we take outside of the camp.

When I was imagining what the camp looked like, I was picturing something like this:

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But apparently it looks more barren up near Nome:

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Let me just say that packing to visit Blake on Maui was a little more fun than packing to visit Alaska. Dirty hiking boots, old jeans and sweatshirts vs. sundresses, sandals and bikinis? I got little more excited to pack after picking up some new outdoor clothes on sale at REI. Layla decided to sleep on them while I was packing.

I also took this as an opportunity to try some new protein bars, Vega protein and powdered greens since I have no idea how much of the food flown into camp will be gluten-free.

I should have internet access while I’m up there, but if you don’t hear from me for the next week, you know where I am.

Have a great day and I’m sure that I’ll have many adventures to share with you after this trip!

Readers: Have you ever been to Alaska? Where have you been and what is it like?