Many of you know, some may not, but in about 4 hours, we will be on our way to Alaska to tie the knot. Everything is packed and now we are just trying to wrap up the loose ends. Needless to say, we are both super excited.
This evening we will fly into Seattle with Leah and Ben (Brenda's sister and brother-in-law). Daniel (Brant's brother) will meet us at the Seattle airport when he flies in from LA, and then we'll all take our connecting flight up to Fairbanks. Robert and Denice (Brant's cousins) have been gallivanting around AK for the last two weeks, and get to wrap up their trip with our ceremony. Saturday we meet with our outfitter and go through a gear check to make sure everyone is prepared.
Sunday morning, we fly to Bettles, AK and then take a float plane to Agiak Lake on the northern edge of the Gates of the Arctic National Park. For 5 days we will base camp and do a bit of backpacking. Sometime between Sunday and Thursday when the time and place is right, we will share our marriage vows with each other and become husband and wife.This is a pic of the surrounding area around Agiak Lake.
The plan is to fly back to Fairbanks on Thursday afternoon (weather permitting, and assuming that we don't just decide to stay in the wild). We will continue our stay at the Bridgewater Inn and plan to have a celebratory dinner and drinks somewhere in Fairbanks that evening. Friday will be spent checking out what Fairbanks has to offer, nursing potential hangovers, and enjoying electricity after our days in the back country. Saturday, the group of us (minus Daniel) are heading out to Chena Hot Springs, an hour outside of Fairbanks. We'll spend the day there, and then take Robert, Denice, Leah & Ben to the airport to send them home.
Of course, our trip will just be getting going.... Our newly-wed asses will then take a road trip to the Southeast corner of the state, to Wrangell-St.Elias National Park. We'll travel off the paved road 60 miles into the tiny town of McCarthy, where we are staying one night at the McCarthy Lodge and then taking a bush plane from Wrangell Mountain Air into the back country for a four day, 18 mile backpack. Thursday afternoon, the plane will meet us at our destination and pick us up to return us to McCarthy. We'll then make the drive back north to Fairbanks, and make our way home on Saturday the 15th with our bodies a little lighter, our clothes quite a bit smellier, and our hearts a little fuller.
Click here to see where we'll be. Brant has labeled a Google map of all the places we're going, and a few others we aren't.
We hope everyone is well, and we will post with pictures and updates when we return.
-B&b
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