Home Sweet Home

Hi everyone! This is just a quick note to let you know that I have made it safe and sound to Anchorage. I have my friend Megan to thank for flying down to Minnesota and driving back with me. It was so nice driving with her, and she kept me in good spirits... even though I hogged so much of the driving :) I love you very much Megan!

It's nice to be home for Thanksgiving. As I write this, the tasty aroma of all the Thanksgiving food is wafting through the house. I don't think it's totally hit me that I'm home yet... it's strange to be home, only to turn around and leave for Israel for 5 months. But I'm happy to be here... I have been smothered with dogs, so it's a good day.

I think the thing I miss most of all in Minnesota is my Aunt Shelly. We got to talk on the phone today, and it made me miss her even more. We created a very nice home in Minnesota, and I will always miss this chapter. But for now, new chapters are opening :) G, you know I love you!

So I'll write more about the road trip later and include some pictures as well. For now, I'm on mashed potato duty, so I better go get to mashing. For those who celebrate, Happy Thanksgiving! May you have as much to be thankful for as I do :)

Squinchy Ball

We are safely in Fort Nelson. We went to dinner at a place recommended by the hotel manager, and as we arrived, there was this banging we could hear from inside. I commented to Megan that it sounded like a bowling alley. We were amused, I even laughed at the thing that "sounds like a bowling alley, but I'm sure it's not a bowling alley." We walk into the restaurant... and there's the bowling alley - awesome! But it was only 5 pin bowling, which the waitress said didn't have a separate name. So I've named it squinchy ball - start circulating the term people :) It will be all the rage, I'm sure :)

Okay, we're exhausted, but on schedule! Good night for now!

Lindsay and Megan :)

Oh Canada!

Well, it didn't seem like it was going to be possible, but somehow everything fell into place for me to leave Minnesota the actual day planned :) I can't believe it... It still hasn't totally hit me that I'm not going back, that this is not just a visit.

So, my friend Megan flew down from Alaska and is helping me on the trek back to Anchorage. We are currently in Edmonton, Alberta. This means that so far, we have been in two US states (Minnesota and North Dakota), and three Canadian provinces (Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta). So far the roads have been pretty good. We ran into an area where there was some slushy snow on the road, since the winds were high and they hadn't cleared that section. But other than that, we've had clear roads so far... wish us luck with the rest of the trek!

Our first night we were able to stay with a friend of mine from the Bahá'í World Centre, Ailsa, and her family. It was so nice! I got to meet her daughter Aleta and husband Dale for the first time, and it was really nice have a visit, even if it was short! Thanks for letting us stay!


We're on to Fort Nelson, BC, tonight, where we've been promised wireless as well - so hopefully I can get another update in.

Ciao for now,
Lindsay

Western Caribbean... here we come!

As I have no idea if I'll have internet access on the cruise ship, I thought I would send a quick note before leaving.

There are 30 of us going on this cruise. THIRTY! We had some surprise additions to the trip to make a nice even number. It really is great to see everyone. We started to trickle into the Orlando airport in the afternoon, and when the flood of remaining friends arrived, we were most definitely a site to be seen. Luggage alone...


Thank goodness, people in the group had the foresight to plan a shuttle for all of us to ride to Cape Canaveral. I can only imagine how crazy it would have been otherwise. But with such a huge group, we filled a bus... it was awesome...



We stayed the night in a hotel with a great pool and sleep number beds... pretty darn swell :) And about noon today we will be heading over to the port.

Ciao!