I thought spending the day geocaching would be a great way to take my mind off the excitement of picking up my new house tomorrow. My friend (caching handle, JPuffin) and I (caching handle, Momima) had made plans to head down to Turnagain Arm with our bikes and ride from Indian Creek to Girdwood, caching along the way. I woke up at 8am to snow and 35 degree temps. Oh my, what a way to welcome in the month of May. In Alaska there is no such thing as bad weather just bad clothes, so I met my friend as planned a few hours later and we loaded up the bikes and headed south. By the time we climbed onto our bikes, the temps had risen at least 15 degrees and the sun came out in all its glory. It turned out to be a particularly stunning day on the Arm.
The real excitement began however, when we were riding down the bike path minding our own business when all of a sudden we see a huge, and I do mean huge, mound of snow blocking our way. It was the substantial remains of an avalanche. There was no way around it and we still had some caching to do and pizza to eat on the other side, so we just picked up our bikes and traversed the thing…Alaska style.
And so it begins.
It is 12 days before my 47th birthday and in the last 4 months I have left my job, sold virtually everything I own, rented my sticks and bricks house in Anchorage, Alaska, and have purchased my first motorhome. A 2003, Monaco LaPalma, Class A. It is 36.5ft in length and has 2 slides. This motorhome will be my primary residence as of Sunday, at which time I will begin life as a non-retired, non-pensioned, “full-timer”. Change is in the air.
Today was spent finalizing insurance quotes, arranging for the wiring of funds, signing up for a Road-side-Assistance plan, ordering new tires, making an appointment to have someone at Great Alaskan Holidays (the local Winnebago dealership and service center) show me how to operate my new house, and jumping into the new to me world of blogging. How do you like it so far? Stay tuned. It looks like life is going to be exciting for a while.
Alaskamarge Travels 