Travel Time

Wow did that go fast!  It is time to pack it in...

This morning we awoke and finished the final pack up of our gear.  After a nice breakfast, we saw off the teacher crew as they headed out to work for the day.  Shoe and I took time to get checked out and then stop into the bookstore at the college.  We even made a bonus run through the kitchen for some frozen items from Gustavus (curious yet?).

Steve the great met us as promised to pick us up for the trip to the airport. What an incredible man!

After getting the bags to the airport counter, we got checked in.  Some minor details were updated and we were set to fly.  There was some question whether the plane would be into Barrow on time from Prudhoe Bay, as there was some pretty good snow on the Arctic Slope this morning.  After a 10:05 AM update, we knew that the aircraft had just departed Prudhoe Bay and was headed our way.  That confirmed that we had about 40 minutes until boarding would occur.

"Mr. Koser," I heard at the airprot...to my surprise!  Several kids we had met at the schools were also at the airport as they were headed to Anchorage for the Native Youth Olympics to represent Barrow for the competition this week.  After chatting with them, Steve suggested we head out for one last tour!

Another few photo opportunities came about!  We stopped by the second Barrow sign and then headed by the web cam tower. 

Here is the house that you see in the webcam.  The white one with the red trim.  The cam is up on top of the bank building.  That was a trick to find...right Shoe?!

A visit to the Top of the World Hotel was neat, and helped Shoe to pick one more neat piece of art.  Then to Steve's apartment to help get this packed up in some foam.  Then back to the airport!

Steve is great at sharing his experiences in this town. More on that in a future post!  Then it was time to get boarded and get the bird in the air!! 

 

Its not too many places that you load from the stairway!  Notice that the front half of the plane has no windows.  This is the world of being practical...passengers in the rear and full cargo in the front!  Time for Anchorage!