Finally moved into our housing for the season, although even that was a challenge. For the first few days we didn’t have water, which required the use of a porta-potty and walking a goodly distance to the showers in very chilly weather. Then we got water, but it promptly froze up every night. Each night I’d check that we had hot water and would go to bed looking forward to a nice hot shower in the morning, then in the morning there would be nothing.
A trip to the dumpster one day revealed the reason for the water problem…the pipes are running above ground! Hey, it’s Alaska.
Anyway, the weather finally turned nice just in time for my birthday. I got to try out two
tours in a row-the tour vendors want to show us how great their adventures are so we’ll tell the guests. First we did a helicopter tour over Denali National Park. The following day we did a flight around
Mt. McKinley. The weather was absolutely spectacular, and we could even see the mountain climbers hiking up toward one of their base camps. It was a truly thrilling experience and I feel so fortunate for it to have turned out so perfect.
On my birthday I walked to the post office to pick up my mail; it’s a mile and a half each way, but a nice walk. Then I treated myself to a king crab dinner. My coworkers provided a cake during the day, and then we gathered in our trailer for a glass of wine in the new wine glass I was given.
This was a birthday I’ll remember for years!
Travels with Billie 