the adventures of daniel and megan.: Alaska, Here We Come!

We had checked in our bags and walked to security, Daniel gave me a nod and said "It's time." I had been dreading this moment since the beginning of summer! It was time to say goodbye to our family and head to Alaska! I had been excited for this move but knew it would mean I would have hard goodbyes to give! The worst part was not knowing when we would all be together again. Brittany and my parents were living in Florida and Amber, DJ, and the kids were going back to Brazil! Being together again may be closer than I think but it feels like an eternity! I proceeded to put on my sunglasses since I knew once I'd give my first hug I would lose it! After the painful goodbyes, we made our way through security, being the only ones in line since we left from the little Bellingham airport! One of the guys working on the scanner noticed something in Daniels bag, they ended up putting it through the scanner two more times before an alarm buzzed which forced them to go through and swab everything in his bag as well as giving him an intense pat down! What caused all this? Smoked salmon we got during our honeymoon!! (: They let us keep it in the end and when daniel was cramming everything back in his bag worried about missing our flight the security worker told us, without even looking at our ticket, that we would be fine and it was the first gate. They only had two flights going out that night.. haha!
We survived out late night flights without much excitement, except on the last flight it was really empty, we probably filled 1/10 of the seats if that! A drunk lady asked the stewardess for a drink to-go but was refused! She was so sick and had way to much to drink! She decided to move to the seats right behind us and moan and talked to herself the rest of the flight!
By the time the hotel shuttle picked us up, it was past two! We had reserved the room online while in Seattle on our layover! It looked like a nice place for the cheapest yet overpriced rate! It was more expensive than our full cabin on the bay for our honeymoon! But we were in Alaska now, everything is more expensive! I thought I had braced myself for it, but was still shocked! Let's just say it looked much nicer online! :)
Anchorage was much different than I always imagined. Homeless people with all their belongings lined the streets in certain parts of town, people jogging at 2am, and more taxi's then I've ever seen in my life! (I have yet to go to New York City:)
We had two jam packed days of shopping in bulk for at least a month in advance and buying everything you would need to start a new home: toilet paper, crockpot, baking soda, soap, whisk, zip locks, foil... And so on..the list was never ending! So after a couple cart loads and stops at every store imaginable we were ready to go!
It had been 10 years since I flew in such a small plane. It takes getting used to and thankfully I didn't get sick! :)
We have been here 5 days! I have been able to meet some really nice people and see a few who I already knew! It's so nice to see familiar faces in a new place! We have been invited over for a few meals already...everyone has been so sweet and welcoming!
As I'm writing this, I'm sitting in a small loft made for a child, hunched over so my head doesn't hit the ceiling while on a single bed that Daniel and I have been sharing, listening to Rend Collective, snuggled in our oversized knitted blanket in a room with Lego structures filling every shelf! The room is about 5 by 15 feet with ALL our belongings piled high! Don't worry, we are only in this room a few days until the apartment opens up! Then we will be there a month or two until the house we will be living in is vacant! Sounds kind of crazy! But I am feeling very blessed to have a warm place to sleep and a family who opened up their home for us to stay until we can move into our place!
Today was Daniels day off, we decided to splurge and go The General, a local coffee shop/restaurant!! It was a special treat! We were going to walk to the falls, but it was windy and rainy so we decided to wait and go another day!

Here are a few pictures of our adventures!