Confession

Hello Everyone,

Anne here. I just got home from Anchorage this evening. I will tell you about my trip and then fill you in on the confession I need to make. I left for Anchorage on Thursday morning at 11:45. Amanda Hunt, Hazel Walters, and some other familiar faces hopped on a 207 plane and took off for St. Mary's. It only takes about 10 minutes to get there, but boy was it windy. In 207's, you can feel every gust of wind, every sway, and every drop. It was like riding on a roller coaster for 10 minutes. Hear me out though, those aren't planes that scare me. We got into Anchorage and got all checked into the hotel and I took off straight into downtown Anchorage to get my haircut via the hotel shuttle that takes us anywhere! If you are ever staying in Anchorage, stay at the Homewood Suites just for the shuttle! I got my hair cut and I love it. It feels so much healthier and in my opinion I think it looks better. Ben even likes it too. Well, if he doesn't, he's a really good faker.

Anyway, after running around downtown I met back up with Hazel, Amanda, and Mae at the Glacier Brewhouse. Once again, if you are ever in Anchorage....eat here! I had delicious Herb Crusted Alaskan Halibut with a yummy salad and of course an Alaskan Amber beer. If you are ever in Alaska, try all of the Alaskan beers. Alaskan white is probably my favorite, but I chose Amber this time.

The next day I had a full day of training for the after school program that is run by SERRC. After training I took off for Wal-Mart to do a Bush order. Let me tell you, I spent a total of 3 1/2 hours at Wal-Mart. Nobody in their right mind should ever spend that much time there. I had to go through and get the items I would be shipping out. I then took it back to the Bush counter. I then went through and picked up some items to bring back with me on the plane. Some of my favorite items being Cilantro and Brussel Sprouts. :) Later on my other friends Katie and Essie made it into Anchorage and they wanted to eat at the Glacier Brewhouse, so we went AGAIN. Same people as before plus Katie and Essie.

Anyway, the next day it started snowing a beautiful Christmas Day type of snow and we went around downtown and ended our night at Barnes and Noble. I really miss being able to go sit at coffee shops being able to drink coffee and read a good book. It was very relaxing. This morning we got to go to church at a GOOD church that we used to go to with the Burkels. It was so refreshing. Ok, onto the confession part....

I get SO nervous flying on the Dash 8 twin prop planes that fly from Anchorage to Bethel or St. Mary's. First of all, this plane is straight up loud. It makes strange noises. When we take off from Anchorage you can see the city and the inlet and it just makes these noises that make you think...ok, we may go down any minute. It will go from being really loud to really quiet all of a sudden and vice versa. I know it is completely normal for this plane to do this an sound like that because that is how it always is. Whenever I feel nervous about the sounds I usually look at the flight attendant to see if she looks nervous. Today I think I witnessed another person like me though. Her face probably looked about like mine....big eyes and looking all around trying to be nonchalant, but who are we kidding, she looked nervous...just like me. :) The funny thing is that every flight goes completely smooth and should not make me nervous. My confession: they scare me.

I may be scared of the Dash 8 Twin Prop planes, but give me a 207 ANY DAY. Remember from above what I said about feeling every move in a 207 plane. I would be ok if the only time I ever had to fly again was in a 207.

Also when I was gone was Mountain Villages first viewing of the year of the Northern Lights. Look at the really great picture that Ben captured of the Northern Lights with the big dipper above. :) I also included a video of a 207 landing at Bethel and a picture of the plane that I dread.  

Here is the video of the 207 landing in Bethel. Be sure to watch it all so you can see the village. Usually we land on a dirt runway, but they have a paved runway in Bethel. Just click on the link.

207 Landing in Bethel

Thanks for reading!