So in summary, the most closely related thing that I've eaten to a meal was a bunch of turkey roll ups. I definitely think that those will be the default when travelling. You can buy turkey sandwich meat anywhere, cucumbers and peppers are also extraordinarily common. But I've eaten beef jerky, an assortment of nuts, carrots, a banana, and... An Avocado. It was delicious. I might go get another one to eat. Ripe and amazing.
When I went to the store (walmart was the only place that I successfully found), I looked at prices and realized the higher cost of living in Alaska. 39 cents a pound for bananas that were ripe. 50 cents per avocado. Yeah. Had I not eaten the whole avocado and 2/3 of the cucumber, $11.18 would've fed me dinner for two days. I saw pineapple, but fear the pain of eating an entire pineapple by myself in one or two days.
I go to see my mom and brother last night for an hour. It was really nice. I wish that I was returning through Anchorage on Friday, instead of spending 4 hours in Seattle. It's really strange passing through your home town.
And SOGM: there was a black woman on my flight from FAI>ANC and when we landed, I got her bag out of the overhead bin. She started singing. Whether the two were connected, I don't know, but ALWAYS help a lady get her bag out of the bin. You will reap a reward. Mine was her singing.
Took two more flights. Walked quickly across an entire concourse in Chicago. Made it to HOT Harrisburg, PA. Saw a river super high. Rented my first car.
My lucky day: first, the woman behind the counter was born on Elmendorf and said that she hadn't seen an Alaskan Driver's license before. Second, they were out of "Honda Fit, or similar" size vehicles. I got an Impala for no extra charge. It's silver, black leather interior (which is a sauna in the sun) has a Bose stereo system, satellite radio works here, and its a gajillion (copy and paste that into word and it corrects it to gazillion) times larger than my car. Not really, just bigger.
I drove about 30min to the hotel, using my non-toll road instructions, checked in, then worked out:20 Burpees - 20 Bodyweight Rows - 20 Diamond Pushups - 50 Chair jumps - 50 dips - 50 Good mornings - 20 Clapper Pushups - 20 B.W. Rows - 20 Mountain Climbers (per leg) - 2:00 Plank - 50 dips - 20 B.W. Rows - 100 ab twists - 25 Pikes
The chair jumps were changed into 100 jumping jack because they were quieter when I hit the floor.
I did all of that in 19:42.69
And finished up with 2:00 superman - 20 decline pushups - 20 pikes
Then I went to find the grocery store. I drove around a bit. Higher cost of living in Alaska or not, all of the residents up there are blessed compared to what I'm seeing here. There's been some losses here. I'm assuming from the downturn. More than I've seen in Anchorage or Fairbanks.
Eh. Back to homework. I want to have some whirlwind adventure.
Oh, and many, oh so many, hedges of protection around Dan as he journeys forth today.
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