AK Trip--Days 15-16, March 17-18, 2007

The last day of our trip has come and gone. It feels kind of sad, then again, I do miss the wife and kids (Shadow and Tigger). It has been another great year in Alaska, and another great vacation. I have put on a bit of weight (read as, I've had some great beer and wine) that I will surely have to deal with when I get back home. No biggie, though.

Yesterday we batted around town, did some shopping, and I went to the Carrie McLean Museum for a short while. Not much else happened, except some reading and some catching up on the news. Perfect! Oh yeah, I did watch "Akeelah and the Bee" with Dad and Megan, and we played a marathon match of Quiddler before bed.

Today I woke up and went to church with Aunt Bonnie, then we had a late breakfast at about 2 PM. I watched "The Protector," a great martial-arts movie, and read more in Jon Krakauer's book "Under the Banner of Heaven." A scary book about the Mormon religion (equally scary). Then, at 4:15, we headed to the Iditarod banquet. I have a couple pictures from the banquet this year to share:

The Busers (Martin and Rohn, the 2007 Jr. Iditarod Champ):



My delicious meal (note the Alaskan ESB and two Stouts in the background..yum):



Alas, it's time to close up the Iditablog for this year. Hope you have enjoyed it as much as I've enjoyed living it. Yeah, right! Until next year!!! Thanks for tuning in.

SLD, signing off: