Dana's Alaskan Adventure
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glacier_kittyOn Wednesday after work I went to pick up Dana from the airport. I was nervous and anxious all day haha..it felt like I wasn't really at work. :P After we picked her up we ate dinner at Ivory Jacks and then went home and watched a movie and a glacier DVD that was rather boring haha
Yesterday we showed Dana around town..we went to Gulliver's Books, Barnes and Noble, the Pipeline, walked on the bridge downtown (it was colddd haha), ate lunch at a Thai restaurant and showed her where I work. We also went to the university's bookstore so she could get some UAF shirts (4 bookstores in one day? Wow haha). We went home and got cozy under blankets after being cold all day. :P Then we played Pictionary which was funnn
Today it was clear and sunny! (So it was colder too..-20 something) We could see the Alaska Range pretty well. We went up to the university and I saw Mt. McKinley! Then we got gas at Fred Meyer and as we turned the corner these two guys fell in front of the car. I thought they had fallen and were hurrying to get out of our way but I soon saw it wasn't the case. One guy with a bag was trying to run away while the other was holding onto his arm trying to stop him. There was a lady watching so I figured the guy stole her bag and was trying to escape. He was trying really hard but the other guy kept holding onto him. Other guys came and they got the bag away from him and got him to the ground (he was STILL trying to fight back too). There was like..4 guys on top of him. They got his shoes off and were searching his clothes for something he may have hidden in them (I kind of expected them to find a gun! Eep). Something that looked like a spoon was pulled out of his clothes..we had to leave then though. Wow..that freaked me out! I've never seen that happen before. I hope there's a story in the news about it so I can know the full story. After that we went to mom's work and went inside the tower! I have been wanting to go in one of those towers since I was a kid! You could see the mountains and a little of the frozen Tanana River! A guy gave us a very cool brief tour (I lovee listening to the people talking to the pilots :D). Then we drove to Chena Hot Springs! I'd never been in the winter. First we toured the Ice Museum (it actually felt WARM coming in the 20 degree room after being in -20 haha). People can sleep in different rooms in the museum for a night. The sculptures were pretty well made. After the tour mom and Dana shared an appletini (I had a sip..very strong and sour haha). Then we had a late lunch and went into the hot springs. OMG..the walk from the building to the water is PAINFUL when it's -20!! My feet hurt so bad haha. We were racing to get into the water and I totally slipped and fell on the ice. :P We were just like..lamenting on how cold and crazy that was when we got in the water haha (by gasping a lot :P). A bunch of steam was coming off the water from the temperature difference and the trees were COVERED with frost. Our hair got SO frosty too haha. After the hot springs we went back to town and got dessert at Chili's (it smelled sooo good in there!). Then we went back home. Dana is amazed by the cold..she said it's the coldest she's ever felt. She leaves tomorrow afternoon..aw. I shall post pics when I get Dana's (I just let her and mom take all the pics :P)
Yesterday we showed Dana around town..we went to Gulliver's Books, Barnes and Noble, the Pipeline, walked on the bridge downtown (it was colddd haha), ate lunch at a Thai restaurant and showed her where I work. We also went to the university's bookstore so she could get some UAF shirts (4 bookstores in one day? Wow haha). We went home and got cozy under blankets after being cold all day. :P Then we played Pictionary which was funnn
Today it was clear and sunny! (So it was colder too..-20 something) We could see the Alaska Range pretty well. We went up to the university and I saw Mt. McKinley! Then we got gas at Fred Meyer and as we turned the corner these two guys fell in front of the car. I thought they had fallen and were hurrying to get out of our way but I soon saw it wasn't the case. One guy with a bag was trying to run away while the other was holding onto his arm trying to stop him. There was a lady watching so I figured the guy stole her bag and was trying to escape. He was trying really hard but the other guy kept holding onto him. Other guys came and they got the bag away from him and got him to the ground (he was STILL trying to fight back too). There was like..4 guys on top of him. They got his shoes off and were searching his clothes for something he may have hidden in them (I kind of expected them to find a gun! Eep). Something that looked like a spoon was pulled out of his clothes..we had to leave then though. Wow..that freaked me out! I've never seen that happen before. I hope there's a story in the news about it so I can know the full story. After that we went to mom's work and went inside the tower! I have been wanting to go in one of those towers since I was a kid! You could see the mountains and a little of the frozen Tanana River! A guy gave us a very cool brief tour (I lovee listening to the people talking to the pilots :D). Then we drove to Chena Hot Springs! I'd never been in the winter. First we toured the Ice Museum (it actually felt WARM coming in the 20 degree room after being in -20 haha). People can sleep in different rooms in the museum for a night. The sculptures were pretty well made. After the tour mom and Dana shared an appletini (I had a sip..very strong and sour haha). Then we had a late lunch and went into the hot springs. OMG..the walk from the building to the water is PAINFUL when it's -20!! My feet hurt so bad haha. We were racing to get into the water and I totally slipped and fell on the ice. :P We were just like..lamenting on how cold and crazy that was when we got in the water haha (by gasping a lot :P). A bunch of steam was coming off the water from the temperature difference and the trees were COVERED with frost. Our hair got SO frosty too haha. After the hot springs we went back to town and got dessert at Chili's (it smelled sooo good in there!). Then we went back home. Dana is amazed by the cold..she said it's the coldest she's ever felt. She leaves tomorrow afternoon..aw. I shall post pics when I get Dana's (I just let her and mom take all the pics :P)
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