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Hello From Fairbanks.


I am typing this up on my word document as we do not have wireless in the room, this is an account of our first day. That’s about the only complaint I have with the Wedgewood Bear Lodge. The room is far bigger than I was expecting, and the entire resort is just beautiful. Mom and I ate at the Bear Lounge tonight and the food was FANTASTIC. Mom had the steak and I had a pulled pork sandwich and we both came away full before we were finished. The food was just wow.

The drive up was pretty uneventful, the weather was grey so we didn’t stop to take pictures, will probably do that on the way home as we made a mental note of where to stop. Is it totally touristy of me to get all excited to see Gorilla Fireworks in Houston? There will be pictures on Monday when we come back through because it is just SO COOL.

No sighting of Denali (Mt. McKinley) as the clouds were out, but didn’t expect to see her anyway. Kinda hoping she will be out in full force when we return home, but again, not counting on it.

We did have a few issues finding our hotel just because mom sorta skipped a few directions and so we had to turn around and come back. It’s actually not that far away from the main highway and is one of the first exits. It’s great. We should get our bearings fairly easily.

Tomorrow (or rather later today by the time this gets posted) we are going to hopefully take in some of the test skating in the morning and figure out what we’ll do in between that and the show skating. Hoping to chat with Melissa and Denis somewhere in there as well. Cannot wait, it’s been far too long since I got to chat with them!

Overall I’m having a blast (good thing seeing as how we just got here) and mom seems to be as well. Good thing since yesterday (Friday) she gave us a scare by taking herself to the emergency room thinking she had a heart attack. All tests came back clear so doctors believe it was brought on by stress and the fact that she fell earlier this week and her body’s just now reacting to the pain. We have laughed so much already on this trip it’s been awesome.

More later, for now enjoy your weekend!