HOLA, eh?
we are still in Canada. Dawson Creek to be exact. this is the town that has MILEPOST ZERO!!!! yes. we have officially traveled the ENTIRE Alasaka Highway. it blows dad's mind that we did it in THREE DAYS cuz when he was little, they would usually have about TEN days to make the trip. crazy huh? well, that's cuz back in the old days it was all gravel. and now... its NOT. so instead of going 45 mph we were going approx 65 mph. haha yeah. it rocked. today was a day of scenery and animals. we drove through the Rocky Mountains. it blew my mind! i can't believe that's the same range that we have seen so many times in colorado. i LOVE it.
so if you go to the album pasted in the post below you will see the aminals that we saw. but we didn't stop for many scenery shots. we ALMOST stopped for me to stick my feet in the water of a rushing river. cuz i was curious to see how cold it was. buuut with 600 miles to go, we didn't want to make too many stops. and then the river veered away from us. rude, i know. haha
so. here we are at the hotel. trying to figure out what time zone we're in. haha. we've just about given up. tomorrow will be an easy peasy day. 300 miles to Edmonton. staying at a Marriott (yaaaay, pool and hot tub) and going to the West Edmonton Mall (aka the largest mall in NORTH AMERICA!!) yeah, pictures to come. fear not.
welp. no matter what the time zone is, after 600 miles, we're pretty tired. soooo we're gonna head to bed.
OH P.S. my back is fine guys. dont worry. i haven't had much pain yet at all. :-) dad's been having minor heart pain lately, mostly because he's been having more beef. but he's gotten better. he even had a salad at Tony Romas tonight! (and then finished off my ribs) haha but otherwise we're doin pretty swell. dad also mentioned that his right eye has been hurting a little worse every day since we started the drive. but he drives till lunch. and i drive till we get to the hotel. it's been a pretty equal split actually. and works out nicely for us.
okay. now.. i'm really going to go to sleep.
love you all.
p.p.s. mom, thanks again for figuring out our phone situation. fyi: we can use our phones again, texting would be the best. :-D
sorry you can't all be here with us. really, i wish you could.
p.p.p.s. dad found his dream 'camper' tonight. don't worry mom.. i wont let him buy it. :-) haha.
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Saturday, June 12, 2010
Up To Date in Alaska
Okay, and now i will finish our back log of posts, and hopefully be a little better and updating them on time.
June 6: Sunday
We both had church at 11. I at the Singles branch, and Dad at one of the 5 family wards. Church was... interesting... for both of us. Visiting a different ward always has it's excitements. We were gonna have potatoes and...... but there was nothing to have with mashed potatoes. so we had eggs and hash browns instead. haha. We watched the NBA finals game. haha Dad was super tense all day Sunday, not sure why.
June 7: Monday
We went grocery shopping and rented some movies. The frozen Lasagna we bought to cook wasn't cooking in the microwave, dad finished it in the oven. I went to singles branch FHE where i was lectured by a motivational speaker that everything in our lives is our choice. and we have no one to blame but ourselves if we dont like our life..... i had some major issues with this. buuuut that's okay. we wont go into it. OH we also planted flowers on one side of the institute building. i met some people. it was cool.
June 8: Tuesday
Dads eyes were bothering him all day, ending the day with a migrane. I also had a headache that wouldn't go away. We spent the evening nauseous and hurting. While trying to make our stomach safe meal of creamed corn and rice (again) we discovered unfortunately, that our microwave had died. to quote: "dad, the corn isn't heating. and something smells funny." lets just say, that was not what we wanted to happen on an already horrible tuesday. and then the lakers won game 3.
June 9: Wednesday
For dinner, I suggested we go eat at Aloha BBQ and Grill. The menu was exciting and took us back to the 'good ole days' haha but the food was the opposite. Dads terriyaki salmon was over frozen, undercooked, and drenched in terriyaki sauce. and full of bones. My 'BBQ pork' was full of grissle, and the chicken katsu just wasn't cooked right, the breading wouldn't stick to the meat. so, it was a pretty downer of a dinner. OH but this was extra sad, because dad had had a very eventful afternoon at the thrift store. he got us a new microwave for $12, computer speakers, some cords hoping to hook his tv glasses to the tv (no luck there), and a VHS to test the VCR in our TV. so after dinner we came home and bummed around. being bummed. Dads horrible dinner just wasn't sitting right with him. so i suggested we go get some Coldstone with the coupon we got. ice cream makes everything better. :-) ALSO, we had a huge thunderstorm, while dad and i were starting the blog, and i got some good shots of a beautiful rainbow. picture to be posted later.
June 10: Thursday
after classes we were on our way to Fred Meyer to get groceries, when we detoured and found a nice place for supper. Dad got a good veggie burger and i had a side salad and a side of fries. It was nice because we got to sit out on a deck right next to the river, and soak up some sun. After dinner we went and walked basically every single aisle of Fred Meyer, and got some food in the process. We came home and i was distraught because the Lakers/Celtics game was on and our cable was out, on that channel only! but we saw the 4th quarter, and the Celtics won, so everything was okay. haha Then i went to Institute and dad laid on the couch the whole time, literally did not move the whole time i was gone. haha love dad. :-D Dad also planned our trip for Fathers Day weekend.
OH so some cool things dad said on Thursday:
While we were at dinner by the river, he commented on how familiar the boats up here sound to him, with the shallow in-water motors, compared to the in-water motors that are meant for deep waters in Wisconsin. He also said he can tell, just by the sound, what kind of motor it is. crazy huh?! ALSO, he bought some A&W root beer, and he took a sip from the can and said 'A&W rootbeer always remind me of summer' it takes him back to when they were little and A&W would open in town, just for the summer. and they'd get a gallon of root beer in a glass jug. it's just cool to listen to dad talk about memories from when he was little. :-)
June 11: Friday
I got up at 6 am to watch the first game of the World Cup. TOTALLY WORTH IT. haha okay, it was a tie game, but still good. and then later we watched the second game. dad's eyes were bothering him so he took a contact out, so he really couldn't see much of the game. :-( The FedEx lady came, i got my birthday present from mommy!! she's awesome. :-D then i went to class and did a presentation thing. everybody loved my group, we were pretty hilarious. The whole time, i had to be bashing marriage, and how marriage just gives in to the patriarchal society and its just setting yourself up for a ball and chain life, i found it SO ironic. because it's so opposite from everything about BYU-I. Now, after updating the blog some more, dad is starting our dinner of pork katsu for me, and tofu katsu for him, with rice peas and corn. then tonight.... we'll probably watch tv. haha.
June 6: Sunday
We both had church at 11. I at the Singles branch, and Dad at one of the 5 family wards. Church was... interesting... for both of us. Visiting a different ward always has it's excitements. We were gonna have potatoes and...... but there was nothing to have with mashed potatoes. so we had eggs and hash browns instead. haha. We watched the NBA finals game. haha Dad was super tense all day Sunday, not sure why.
June 7: Monday
We went grocery shopping and rented some movies. The frozen Lasagna we bought to cook wasn't cooking in the microwave, dad finished it in the oven. I went to singles branch FHE where i was lectured by a motivational speaker that everything in our lives is our choice. and we have no one to blame but ourselves if we dont like our life..... i had some major issues with this. buuuut that's okay. we wont go into it. OH we also planted flowers on one side of the institute building. i met some people. it was cool.
June 8: Tuesday
Dads eyes were bothering him all day, ending the day with a migrane. I also had a headache that wouldn't go away. We spent the evening nauseous and hurting. While trying to make our stomach safe meal of creamed corn and rice (again) we discovered unfortunately, that our microwave had died. to quote: "dad, the corn isn't heating. and something smells funny." lets just say, that was not what we wanted to happen on an already horrible tuesday. and then the lakers won game 3.
June 9: Wednesday
For dinner, I suggested we go eat at Aloha BBQ and Grill. The menu was exciting and took us back to the 'good ole days' haha but the food was the opposite. Dads terriyaki salmon was over frozen, undercooked, and drenched in terriyaki sauce. and full of bones. My 'BBQ pork' was full of grissle, and the chicken katsu just wasn't cooked right, the breading wouldn't stick to the meat. so, it was a pretty downer of a dinner. OH but this was extra sad, because dad had had a very eventful afternoon at the thrift store. he got us a new microwave for $12, computer speakers, some cords hoping to hook his tv glasses to the tv (no luck there), and a VHS to test the VCR in our TV. so after dinner we came home and bummed around. being bummed. Dads horrible dinner just wasn't sitting right with him. so i suggested we go get some Coldstone with the coupon we got. ice cream makes everything better. :-) ALSO, we had a huge thunderstorm, while dad and i were starting the blog, and i got some good shots of a beautiful rainbow. picture to be posted later.
June 10: Thursday
after classes we were on our way to Fred Meyer to get groceries, when we detoured and found a nice place for supper. Dad got a good veggie burger and i had a side salad and a side of fries. It was nice because we got to sit out on a deck right next to the river, and soak up some sun. After dinner we went and walked basically every single aisle of Fred Meyer, and got some food in the process. We came home and i was distraught because the Lakers/Celtics game was on and our cable was out, on that channel only! but we saw the 4th quarter, and the Celtics won, so everything was okay. haha Then i went to Institute and dad laid on the couch the whole time, literally did not move the whole time i was gone. haha love dad. :-D Dad also planned our trip for Fathers Day weekend.
OH so some cool things dad said on Thursday:
While we were at dinner by the river, he commented on how familiar the boats up here sound to him, with the shallow in-water motors, compared to the in-water motors that are meant for deep waters in Wisconsin. He also said he can tell, just by the sound, what kind of motor it is. crazy huh?! ALSO, he bought some A&W root beer, and he took a sip from the can and said 'A&W rootbeer always remind me of summer' it takes him back to when they were little and A&W would open in town, just for the summer. and they'd get a gallon of root beer in a glass jug. it's just cool to listen to dad talk about memories from when he was little. :-)
June 11: Friday
I got up at 6 am to watch the first game of the World Cup. TOTALLY WORTH IT. haha okay, it was a tie game, but still good. and then later we watched the second game. dad's eyes were bothering him so he took a contact out, so he really couldn't see much of the game. :-( The FedEx lady came, i got my birthday present from mommy!! she's awesome. :-D then i went to class and did a presentation thing. everybody loved my group, we were pretty hilarious. The whole time, i had to be bashing marriage, and how marriage just gives in to the patriarchal society and its just setting yourself up for a ball and chain life, i found it SO ironic. because it's so opposite from everything about BYU-I. Now, after updating the blog some more, dad is starting our dinner of pork katsu for me, and tofu katsu for him, with rice peas and corn. then tonight.... we'll probably watch tv. haha.
Alaska Continues
First of all, lets all give a big round of applause to Lynn for this AMAZING face-lift! you have an eye for this Lynn, we love it!
Okay. continuing our adventures...
June 1: Tuesday
Dad had class and lab, it was my first day of class. i was very nervous and unsure of what the class would be, since the title of the sociology class is Love, Sex and Heartbreak. and as I sat in the class I kept going back and forth in my head, "okay i'm gonna leave and drop the class and get my money back" " no, this is a new and different experience i need to keep with it" blah blah blah. well, I stayed with the class and have really enjoyed it thus far. Later we went and registered for a Blockbuster membership thing, since there's no redbox in alaska. LAME-O.
June 2: WEDNESDAY
SARA'S BIRTHDAY! it was actually a pretty slow day. I did homework in the morning while dad was at class. we honestly can't remember what we did for lunch. then i went to my class. After class dad had made reservations for my requested steak dinner. We went and got to sit on the patio next to the Chena River. The sun was shining, there was a gentle breeze, it was perfect. and then as i walked to the car to get the camera so we could document this awesome birthday dinner. The winds changed, these dark storms clouds started rolling in, the fountain behind me started 'peeing on us' as dad likes to say. and it just got crummy. as you can see from the picture. OH and this stupid old lady at the table behind me just kept saying 'it'll blow over, it'll be okay in a few minutes.' So, much to the annoyance of the waiters, dad and i request to move
into the covered patio so when the rain did come (the weather pessimists that we are) we wouldn't get soaked. (dad's new favorite quote is: A pessimist is an optimist with experience; quoted from a dove bar wrapper.) The dinner was nice, dad got crab cakes and i got my 16 oz alder-smoked bone-in ribeye. it was DELICIOUS! And for your information, the storm DID hit. rain, wind, the whole works. So bad, that the decorative wind spinners were flying horizontally and kept hitting the windows of the covered patio. After the amazing dinner, i wanted to explore the 'mall.' turns out, it really is a mall. no department stores, but it's got my necessities. American Eagle, Pacsun, Zumies, and 3-4 other stores. haha. yep, it's itty bitty one. (but there's also an Old Navy in town w00t). then we went home and watched tv, espn probably, or our cbs nightly shows. Dads eyes were bothing him all day, so he went to bed about 10. aaannnndddd that's my birthday! OH. and about the cake. before dinner (horrible idea) we went to Coldstone and i got Birthday Cake Remix, which is pretty much as good as birthday cake, with out the cake. tee hee.
June 4: Friday
We planned our trip for Saturday, aka dad spent a couple hours looking at The Mile Post and maps. it was pretty uneventful. Dad was a little nervous about this upcoming trip because the Mile Post says that everyone should bring two regular spare tires and extra gas. But after studying the Mile Post and since we weren't driving all the way to Prudhoe Bay dad decided it would be okay with ONE regular spare tire, and no extra gas.
OKAY, this is a flashback to last week. After buying the Highlander, dad realized there was no spare tire. And between the day trips we would take, and the whole drive home, he knew we needed a spare. So he followed a sign in the woods that said 'Tires.' the drive way to a rundown house was lined with piles and piles of old tires and rims, just piled into the woods. One of the workers rummaged through the piles and found a rim and a tire that he thought would work. So after fixing 4 tires on another car, they jacked up the highlander and tested the rim to see if it would fit. it did, so they put the used tire on that rib and sold it to dad for $60. Well a new rim alone is over $100 and a new tire would $75-$100. aka, it was an awesome deal. Dad was even pleased that the full size spare fit into the wheel well where the temporary spare was supposed to be.
That night, Sara wasn't feeling very well so dad went out to run some errands in preparation for our trip tomorrow. He bought a cooler bag thing, and A CAMERA. (early fathers day present) From my standpoint, he was gone for a very very long time, to come back with two items. Reason being: the service counter at Sams club couldn't unlock the cabinet that had the cameras in it. Dad also went to Fred Meyer and got ANOTHER cooler. yeah, he went cooler happy. :-P But chose not to get a five gallon gas can and bungee cords to strap to the top of the highlander for the trip. and that's our friday. OH, and another caution for not going saturday, was that i spent most of friday evening nauseous and vomiting. yaaay fun for me. (shakes head)
Okay. continuing our adventures...
June 1: Tuesday
Dad had class and lab, it was my first day of class. i was very nervous and unsure of what the class would be, since the title of the sociology class is Love, Sex and Heartbreak. and as I sat in the class I kept going back and forth in my head, "okay i'm gonna leave and drop the class and get my money back" " no, this is a new and different experience i need to keep with it" blah blah blah. well, I stayed with the class and have really enjoyed it thus far. Later we went and registered for a Blockbuster membership thing, since there's no redbox in alaska. LAME-O.
June 2: WEDNESDAY
SARA'S BIRTHDAY! it was actually a pretty slow day. I did homework in the morning while dad was at class. we honestly can't remember what we did for lunch. then i went to my class. After class dad had made reservations for my requested steak dinner. We went and got to sit on the patio next to the Chena River. The sun was shining, there was a gentle breeze, it was perfect. and then as i walked to the car to get the camera so we could document this awesome birthday dinner. The winds changed, these dark storms clouds started rolling in, the fountain behind me started 'peeing on us' as dad likes to say. and it just got crummy. as you can see from the picture. OH and this stupid old lady at the table behind me just kept saying 'it'll blow over, it'll be okay in a few minutes.' So, much to the annoyance of the waiters, dad and i request to move
into the covered patio so when the rain did come (the weather pessimists that we are) we wouldn't get soaked. (dad's new favorite quote is: A pessimist is an optimist with experience; quoted from a dove bar wrapper.) The dinner was nice, dad got crab cakes and i got my 16 oz alder-smoked bone-in ribeye. it was DELICIOUS! And for your information, the storm DID hit. rain, wind, the whole works. So bad, that the decorative wind spinners were flying horizontally and kept hitting the windows of the covered patio. After the amazing dinner, i wanted to explore the 'mall.' turns out, it really is a mall. no department stores, but it's got my necessities. American Eagle, Pacsun, Zumies, and 3-4 other stores. haha. yep, it's itty bitty one. (but there's also an Old Navy in town w00t). then we went home and watched tv, espn probably, or our cbs nightly shows. Dads eyes were bothing him all day, so he went to bed about 10. aaannnndddd that's my birthday! OH. and about the cake. before dinner (horrible idea) we went to Coldstone and i got Birthday Cake Remix, which is pretty much as good as birthday cake, with out the cake. tee hee.June 4: Friday
We planned our trip for Saturday, aka dad spent a couple hours looking at The Mile Post and maps. it was pretty uneventful. Dad was a little nervous about this upcoming trip because the Mile Post says that everyone should bring two regular spare tires and extra gas. But after studying the Mile Post and since we weren't driving all the way to Prudhoe Bay dad decided it would be okay with ONE regular spare tire, and no extra gas.
OKAY, this is a flashback to last week. After buying the Highlander, dad realized there was no spare tire. And between the day trips we would take, and the whole drive home, he knew we needed a spare. So he followed a sign in the woods that said 'Tires.' the drive way to a rundown house was lined with piles and piles of old tires and rims, just piled into the woods. One of the workers rummaged through the piles and found a rim and a tire that he thought would work. So after fixing 4 tires on another car, they jacked up the highlander and tested the rim to see if it would fit. it did, so they put the used tire on that rib and sold it to dad for $60. Well a new rim alone is over $100 and a new tire would $75-$100. aka, it was an awesome deal. Dad was even pleased that the full size spare fit into the wheel well where the temporary spare was supposed to be.
That night, Sara wasn't feeling very well so dad went out to run some errands in preparation for our trip tomorrow. He bought a cooler bag thing, and A CAMERA. (early fathers day present) From my standpoint, he was gone for a very very long time, to come back with two items. Reason being: the service counter at Sams club couldn't unlock the cabinet that had the cameras in it. Dad also went to Fred Meyer and got ANOTHER cooler. yeah, he went cooler happy. :-P But chose not to get a five gallon gas can and bungee cords to strap to the top of the highlander for the trip. and that's our friday. OH, and another caution for not going saturday, was that i spent most of friday evening nauseous and vomiting. yaaay fun for me. (shakes head)
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