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Day 14

29 July

Tok, Alaska to Anchorage, Alaska

318 miles 5 hrs 47 min

YES! WE ARE HERE!!!!! Ahhhhh, 14 days in the truck, and we are HERE! I think today was the longest day yet, due to the excitement and anticipation of the drive into our new hometown (and the fact that there was construction along the way which added about 2 hours).

The last half of the dive into Anchorage was beautiful! Ive got to say, I think driving here has been more rewarding then if we were to fly in....2 weeks in the car, thinking, talking, wondering, waiting what's the new place/town going to be like? What will our new "lives" be like? We are very excited but a bit anxious/nervous about starting all over again. This is our 8th move and 6th state since being married, and I wonder when it will become easy? I'm sure it never does, but at least its always an adventure (right my military friends?!)

Before driving to Anchorage, we decided a have a quick look at the house we will be renting in Wasilla. The owner of the house was actually there getting the house ready for us, so he came out and we introduced ourselves and he let us come in and check it out. The kids seem very excited as am I, its a beautiful house with lots of room for all of us! The owner even told us a little tidbit of making sure we keep an eye on our kids in the front yard starting around Nov, "Because, see that dip right there outside the window....the rain collects there, and the moose like to lay in it." WHAT?! Haha, that really caught me off guard, but I guess its really common up here to have wildlife in your yard! Cant wait! I can just see Christmas morning coming downstairs and seeing a moose outside the window of where our Christmas tree is..... ;)

So, after a look at our house we drove on down to Anchorage, checked into the hotel, and decided to just stay in, order pizza and take the kids swimming. They had a lot of energy to get out and I didn't want to deal with that at a restaurant ;)

Tomorrow, I get to meet up with a close friend who just moved here from Dover too! Cant wait to see a familiar face...other then the 4 Ive been with in the car for the last 14 days!!! :)

Hopefully we will explore some more of Anchorage tomorrow, then Sunday try out a church and do the walk thru of our house and get the keys!

I hope you all have enjoyed reading this blog as much as I have enjoyed writing it! I do have a lot more pictures I took along the way, the ones Ive posted are more of the highlights. When I have time I'll try to post them all to FB for something. Also, I'v had thoughts of posting some of the scenery pictures on my photography website if anyone is interested in purchasing them ;)

I'll let you know when they are up on www.susanwetlesenphotography.zenfolio.com