ONE MONTH TODAY...we'll be headed south...

eSeptember 21 is our last day of work!!!

Nearly everyone are counting the days.

Like buying a boat..the day you buy it is the best day, then you can't wait till you sell it.

It has , and will continue to be a great adventure. 

Positves:
Alaska is like no where else we have been. Its VAST. Unforgettable mountain ranges, wildlife, rivers.
The people are the true new pioneers oa America.
We've met lots of new friends. Many our age. Several from Florida and Georgia.
Met lots of local people through the local Baptist church.
Ginger loves her job.
I love the four warehouseman I work with (can't say that for my supervisor).
Housing and food here has been good.  We like our little room, its like living in a mini house, and going out to eat three meals a day for $10 total for each (6 meals for $ 20 )

Negatives:
After being retired for a while, its hard getting back to a 40 hour week!
No car. We rely on the Princess buses to get around.  They have trips to Fairbanks (the closest big city) occasionally, but since we've been here we've only been able to go twice.
No Lily, No family.
The WIFI here stinks.
Restricted meal times, though good, its only open certain hours.
Doing laundry, where there are about 150 people per floor with 6 machines.

When we leave, co;worker Larry is going to drive us to Anchorage. His daughter lives there. He'll drop us off at Elmendorf Air Force Base. We will fly from there on a military hop. But not after we take a boat ride to see the glaciers and the Orca whales. Also Gingers co-woker has invited us to her house, said her Dad would take me fishing.
The AF will fly us to California. Where brother Craig is going to show us the sites of the Eastern Sierra Mountains.  From there we will take the AMTRAK to Salt Lake City and visit with Ginger's Sister Fran. We will take AMTRAK again to Denver..we plan tp spend a couple days there touring a beautiful area we've never spent time seeing.

We arrive in Savannah Oct 10. Then we'll head up to Dean's to see if our Lily still remembers us.