North to Alaska

Day 4 through Day 5: After 10 hours of blissful sleep, but suffering from mosquito bites and frozen toes, we left Watson Lake, Yukon Territory.

Destination: Anchorage, AK then to Homer, AK.

We left Watson Lake, YT, Canada pretty late in the morning, around 10am, mostly because we were so exhausted from the day before. Luckily, we felt so refreshed and well-rested the next morning that we felt like we could drive to Brazil if we wanted to! But we didn’t want to wander too far away from our original goal: get to Homer, Alaska. After driving for a few hours we hit our first stop of the day, which was the capital of the YT, Whitehorse. We decided to have a long leisurely lunch at a cute little restaurant. There we met some really nice people. It was such a cool town with cool people. I loved it!

            After we left the restaurant and Amanda got some much needed caffeine we continued our journey. So we drove and drove and then drove some more. Once we reached the Alaskan/U.S. border we took some cheesy, but totally necessary, pictures. I found out that during road trips you get a really good feeling on what people are like. That’s kind of a good feeling and I am so glad we had this opportunity to do this.

            Anyways, after we were about a couple of hours away from Anchorage, we were both completely exhausted seeing how we were pulling another all-nighter. So we pulled over and slept for a couple of hours. I sprawled out on the front seat, which was terribly uncomfortable, and Amanda slept on top of the luggage in the back.  After a little sleep, we hit the road again while Amanda slept on the luggage still.

            We got out of Anchorage and I couldn’t keep my eyes open any longer. So Amanda drove and I slept in the back on top of the luggage, which was much nicer than I thought it would be. I tell ya, it was the best sleep I had got in the car since the beginning of the trip. We didn’t really get sick of the driving until this last night. But only a few hours later we landed in our destination: Homer!!!

After a visit with Manda’s aunt and the rest of her relatives, much needed showers, and much needed sleep, we sit here eating ice cream about to embark on the next month and a half of our lives here. We are able to stay in a two-bedroom house for free next to her aunt and uncle’s house. It just needs a cleaning, which we are so grateful and blessed for. Now, all we need is to find jobs.

            I guess that’s all for this blog. I do want to say thank you for all of our friends and family who have supported us, worried about us, prayed for us, and let us stay with them. YOU GUYS ROCK!!!