ME – Seattle, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2019
We have been planning this trip for about 16 months but it
has been an idea of mine since nearly forever.
Alaska was the first state to join the union in my lifetime. (Have I mentioned yet that I’m getting old). It was certainly newsworthy at the time. I’ve enjoyed learning about its history,
culture, flora and fauna over the years.
I know many who have visited and met folks who have lived there. This seems like a great way to get an
overview of at least coastal southeastern Alaska. I get that this could be likened to visiting
Kittery, Camden and Calais, ME and saying you’ve visited Maine! So especially in the coming years when I tell
my tales of Alaska, I’ll try to keep that in mind.
Last week we kept our eyes on the news following the track
of hurricane Dorian. It is always a
relief to have a hurricane pass far enough away from our Florida home to not
cause any problems. But, it is so very
sad to see the destruction that is caused where it does make its impact. As it turns out we departed Hampden, ME this
morning during a steady rain delivered by Dorian, a then category 1 hurricane
headed to the Maritime Provinces of Canada.
Allan and I drove to East Madison, ME to pick up the
original planners of this trip, our good friends, Dave and Sue. This trip is part of her 50th
birthday celebration year. They told us
their plans for this trip in the spring of 2018 and we welcomed the opportunity
to join in the fun. While we were at
their lovely home on Lake Wesserunset this morning, Allan remembered that he
had forgotten to empty the kitchen trash.
I realized in my excitement to get started I had left without a
belt. A quick text to our son, Jake, and
the trash issue was addressed and a text to cousin Laurie and fingers crossed
she could come up with a belt for me.
From the lake we drove to Portland, ME. Lau had a belt for me. (Thanks Patrick). She got us to the bus station and is keeping
the truck at her house while we are gone.
We caught a Concord Coach, which delivered us to Logan Airport in
Boston.
However, the airport here had been experiencing storms. They had power issues and hadn’t been able to
refuel airplanes. We waited in the plane
for quite some time before the plane at our gate could get fuel and exit the
area. This was followed by an extra long
wait for our luggage. We are spending
the night at an airport hotel but had to wait about a half hour before the
shuttle arrived. Once at the hotel we
made arrangements for another shuttle to the dock at 9 am. After a long day of traveling we happily hit
the sack at about 1:00 am. (4:00 am
eastern time).
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