Evenings

I've been asked about the evenings and the long hours of daylight...is it really true?  Yes...it's really true...those pictures from the plane in my last post?  Those were all taken between 10:00-11:00ish at night.  It's pretty cool...but it's also made it difficult to go to sleep...not because of the room being too bright...but because my mind tells me it's not that late and I should stay up longer...each night, I've said, 'I'll be in bed by 10:00'...but it just doesn't happen.

These are sunset pix from last night, taken from my bedroom window around 10:30pm.  I've already noticed we're getting less light from when I arrived 2 weeks ago...but it's still pretty awesome.

Flying

So after a great day experiencing dip net fishing...it was topped off by ANOTHER great moment...I got to FLY back to Anchorage in a two-seater airplane!!

 my ride home

 Jamie, the pilot, getting ready to go

The drive to Kasilaf took about 2 1/2 hours...the flight home to Anchorage...40 minutes...and poor Alanna, in addition to driving home, got stuck waiting for the highway to be re-opened after being shut-down for 2 fatal accidents...she didn't end up getting home until after 8:30 the next morning.  Thankfully she had company...and was able to get some sleep in the car...even though it had 2 coolers full of fish...I was EXTRA thankful that I got to fly home ~

This is the Kasilaf 'airport' - I didn't get a picture of the sign...wish I would have...it was a gravel strip...

 from the cockpit...getting ready to taxi down the runway...

I have only been in a small plane once before...it didn't scare me...but I have to take motion sickness medicine anytime I fly...and I didn't that first time...so I got sick...this time, I had taken some medicine in anticipation of being on the boat earlier in the day...so I had no issues whatsoever on this flight thankfully!

 this is where we were fishing earlier in the day...above and below...

 views from the air...

this is the Kenai peninsula...some pretty nice homes located here...

 more dip net fishermen...

 Anchorage from the sky...

 the house I'm living in is somewhere in this picture... :)

 downtown Anchorage

 this is around 10:30-11:00 at night...

 the airport where we landed...not the Anchorage airport...one a little further north called Birchwood

 our runway...

 very smooth landing!!

tying down the plane...

Talk about a great Alaska experience!!