NOME, friendly, dusty and muddy! All at the same time!

My Alaskan adventure started by getting up at 4:30am on 7/25/10. I left at 6:33am from Albany airport.

Albany to Minneapolis, MN

Minneapolis, MN to Portland, OR

Portland, OR to Anchorage, AK

Anchorage, AK to Kotzebue, AK

Kotzebue, AK to NOME, AK

Above you will see a picture of the Columbia river as well as Mount St. Helen's and Mount Rainier.

On the plane ride from Portland to Anchorage I had two ten year old seated next to me, traveling by themselves. The girl cried and wanted to hold my hand for take-off because she missed her sister and the little boy threw up after we landed...poor peanut.

Next, I found out that I wasn't going to Nome, but instead stopping in Kotzebue first. We went on a combi plane which carries packages and mail in the front and people in the back. I felt like livestock! MOO! I finally arrived in Nome at 8:15pm (12:15 NY time, 20 hours after I woke up..it was like being on call!!)

I was picked up by on the the doctors who showed me around town and asked if I wouldn't mind going on an errand with her. We went to get sheep skin that she was buying from someone in town. The people invited us in (they happened to work at the hospital) and offered me salmon which they caught earlier. I ate it because I didn't want to be rude and it was delicious. No one in Ct would ever invite you for dinner...am I right?

Lastly, I came to my new home and surprised my roommate (she didn't know she was getting a roommate). She is traveling from Pennsylvania as a X-ray tech. The sun finally went down at 1:30am and people sleep with aluminum foil to keep out the sun.

This should be an interesting rotation to say the least!!