North To Alaska

At 4:30 this morning, we were up and getting around to head north. The goodbyes are never fun, but goodbyes to family who have carried you through the darkest times in your life are the roughest. We survived the goodbyes, barely.

After a slow start, we finally started making decent time about Sparks/Reno. A day that should have finished around 7:00 tonight, is finally done at 8:45.

We’re in a Red Lion in Idaho Falls. A quick nights sleep and we will be back on the road at 6am.

This part of the journey was beyond what I could dream about just a couple of weeks back. Now Denise, Anthony and I are on THE adventure together.

We’ll hit the border at Coutts, AB tomorrow after approximately 7.25 hours and 479.47 miles.

If Denise wasn’t so intent on sleeping, she would be typing now, too.

Santa. New adress is North Pole.

Mmmmmmmmmmmmm. Reindeer meat.

I just accepted an offer from IT here at the hospital. Starting date looks to be 09/14.

Rented a place last night and bought the ticket home. I’m flying out at 1am tonight. In the meantime, today I have to fill out paperwork, do a drug test, pick up a check, deliver a check, sign rental agreement, do laundry, make up the bed fresh, clean the room I’ve been staying in and get a taxi to take me to the airport. It would be nice to think that I would get some rest tonight, but I kind of doubt that.

Thanks for all the prayers, and concern, and thanks to all of you that have helped us out in one way or another. Words seem a little thin at this point.