Two of a Kind: August 2012

I finally made it up to Alaska to see my sister! She has lived there for two years now and I am sad it took me this long to make the trip. It was so much fun and it made me wish even more that she lived closer so we could hang out more. I was just going for a weekend visit, so we packed in as many fun things as we could, but also enjoyed just hanging around and being our weird selves.

Highlights of the trip:
- Walking on a glacier!!! (in the rain)
- Petting a moose at the preserve. Sadly I didn't get to see one in her backyard.
- Almost seeing the Air Show.
- Having a kid actually prefer me over Jess. This NEVER happens!
- Watching some Olympic action. Who cares about going to the bar, the opening ceremony is on!
- Me giving permission to someone to dig a fairly sizable hole in their backyard while Jess was in the shower and no one else was home. (this was within the first 6 hours of me being in town)
- Jess not being allowed to buy wine at the grocery store because I did not have my ID.
- Celebrating Ted Stevens Day, twice!
- The fact that it was sunny and almost 70 most of the time I was in town.
- Not being able to tell what time it was by looking outside. "Hmmm it's 9:30. I guess we should eat dinner."
- Seeing Jess's office. Weird that my baby sister has a real grown-up job.
- Cursing Ted Stevens airport for not allowing me to leave, and being thankful that Jess lives so close to the airport for the 3 trips back and forth in one day. (the joys of flying standby)
- Finally getting out of Anchorage, only to end up wandering around the Minneapolis airport for 6 hours.

All in all it was a great trip. I miss my sister and will continue my recruiting efforts to get her down here to PDX.