Photos from Fairbanks

Hi! How is your day going so far? Everything is good up here in Alaska. Blake has a job based out of Fairbanks today and then he’s heading back to Dillingham for a few days. It’s been snowing and the roads have been really icy lately. I’m way too scared to drive when the roads are like this, so when he gets done flying tonight, we’re going to go to Fred Meyers and stock up on food and magazines so I don’t have to leave the cabin over the next few days.

Layla’s and my morning walks have gotten shorter and shorter. We are both too cold to go out in the below-freezing temperatures. She refused to even get out of bed for the first hour this morning. I hope that it’s warmer and not too rainy when we get back to Oregon.

Because of the snow and ice, Blake had to prepare his helicopter for this morning’s job last night. This meant that he had to melt the ice off of the blades and body of the helicopter. We heated up tap water and poured it over the blades. Then he took towels to dry the blades off and remove as much ice as possible from the rest of the helicopter.

Layla took this time as an opportunity to play in the snow with her pilot jacket on. We got the jacket for her when she was a lot smaller and now it has a bit of a “sausage” effect on her. She absolutely loves it up here!

When Blake leaves tonight or tomorrow, I won’t have any internet access and doubt that I’ll be driving to the internet cafe because of the icy roads. I’ll try to do a post as soon as I can, but if you don’t hear from me, don’t worry! I’m off to do a rubber band workout and work on some paperwork. I hope that you have a great day today!

Much love,

Kilee

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