The Beginning...

Labor Day weekend, Merlin, Anders, Karen, and I took Continental Airlines from Seattle to Anchorage. Annika and her family picked us up at the airport and hosted us until Monday evening. We all hiked over Matanuska Glacier, watched fireworks from the State fair, visited the fair, talked with Annika's cousin and family from Fairbanks, hiked to an alpine lake, ate the world's best ice cream and joined all of Wasilla in watching their former Mayor become the Vice Presidential candidate. Sarah Palin's parents live three doors down from Annika, and her youngest son goes to school with Sarah's daughter Piper.