Anchorage and Beyond

Well, last week we went to Anchorage for the AASG conference- that is Student Council stuff. Lots of fun but very tiring since all the kids wanted to do was shop. Getting there was a blast. It took 3 planes and 6 hours but we made it alive. My favorite was the trip from here to Cold Bay on the Cherokee (small plane about four seats) and we landed sideways on the runway, the plane literally went sideways- wing first on the tarmac- it was that windy. Then we flew to Sand Point and the plane was bigger- 20 seats- and we came around the mountain and dropped like 200 feet in three seconds because of a downdraft- almost hit the water and then corrected beautifully. From there to Anchorage was good too- we took off and the runway is in the water, so they had to take the plane and push it back so that when we took off we had enough runway to make it. I did get to go to Target and Walmart while in Anchorage and I stocked up on food so now I can make more stuff. The conference was boring, and I had to sleep on the floor with a bunch of other girls and staff. We took showers in the communal bath and that was a little freaky. The food was bad but the kids had a good time, so I was okay with it. Coming back was good- one flight and then the hovercraft from Cold Bay to King Cove. I took a picture of the ferry that was docked at Cold Bay with the rainbow over it- I thought it was very pretty. This is the same boat that I took in August.