adventures: Alaska: Getting There

After one week of spending 10 or more hours in the car, we finally made it to Alaska. The drive was really fun, and also very beautiful. The route we took was from Nebraska north to Mt. Rushmore then we headed west. Chase had a friend in Wyoming who we stayed with-he runs a summer camp and Chase neglected to mention that two of the six in the group were girls. SO, we wound up dragging mattresses into the bathroom of the dorm housing because it was the warmest place. We slept fine, though. We hit up Yellowstone National Park before heading north to Canada. In Canada we spent our first night sleeping in the car and the second night in a Super 8 Motel because they were having the worst May snow in 20 years. Then we met up with another car at Lake Muncho in Canada. It was absolutely beautiful. We had to split up though, because they were catching the ferry in a different city than we were. That day we drove the rest of the way to Haines, AK, crossing the border back into America and perfecting the jump picture at the "Welcome to Alaska" sign. It was perfect. Then we camped that night in Haines, AK and found out the next day our ferry was delayed. We spent the day lazing around Haines, though. Us girls made bracelets, hammocked, and made dinner while the boys went off hiking. As much as I liked the guys, girl time was a relief. Then one more night of camping before getting up early to catch the ferry to Juneau. Now we're all getting settled into our apartments and tomorrow we start orientation!