Anchorage, Alaska
Atlanta, Georgia
On the final day of our near three-week adventure we awoke with one thing on our minds: the gaudiest, most hideous Alaskan souvenirs imaginable. Were talking bright purple shirts with the face of a wolf emblazoned across the front. Were talking the large mesh trucker hats with patriotic eagles on the front that every grandpa that’s ever visited the state still wears proudly years later.
Lisl took us right into center city Anchorage to Grizzlies, a legendarily tacky souvenir shop catering to all of our desires. After a quick stop at the ATM, however, we were quickly reminded just how poor we’d made ourselves in the past few weeks and settled on just on t-shirt. Dawning the words “Alaska Grown” Lisl reminded us we were the most authentic representatives of the garb, but they couldn’t be passed up. We then finished packing up our bags and got a huge pizza at a local joint called the Moose’s Tooth. Half was loaded with every vegetable and cheese one could fathom; the other half was loaded with multiple types of sausages and meats. What a terrible decision before a 12 hour plane ride. Undoubtedly worth it though.
On the way to the airport, convinced the trip was finally coming to an end, I received a phone call that our flights had been delayed at multiple different levels and there was no way we could get to Philadelphia at the scheduled time. When flying these days, such problems simply need to be anticipated. After a long discussion with Charlotte, our flight representative, we rearranged our itinerary to fly through Atlanta and get into Philadelphia 2 hours later. Dan and I had plans from there to meet another friend and hit the road once more down to Bonnaroo music festival in Manchester, Tennessee. This delay meant we would not be able to stop in at my apartment briefly to shower and change bags. Nope, it was straight from the airport into our next 13-hour drive. With that we grabbed a few beers to help process the new schedule and jumped on our plane. The road trip just got extended another 6 or so days.
These things were everywhere in Alaska. Naturally we got pictures in every single one.
Oh yeah...this is exactly what we were looking for.
This trip in the bottom right of the display has our total miles, taken right when Lisl dropped us off at the airport in Anchorage - 6,150.2 miles.
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