WHAT a meal!

Let me handle a few questions that we have been getting along the way of this adventure.  First, how long are we here?  Well, we have exactly two weeks left today (Saturday).  We will close two weeks from today with the annual Time For Speech picnic, and then begin our trip back South.  It will take us about a week to get back to Arkansas and Natalie starts school again on July 1st.  So, that is our upcoming schedule.

Second, several of you have asked via text or FB...are we going here or there, or this other place while we are in Alaska?  The answer is, probably not. We are going tomorrow to do a few fun things just south of Anchorage, and next weekend we hope to go down to the 'actual' coast in Seward, Alaska.

We have hoped to take a ferry out to the glaciers and things, but our money is very tight and I just don't know if that is going to happen.  We have to allow for a very costly return trip, as it sure is a long way up here, and when you are on the Alaska Highway, you don't have a lot of choices in regards to economy. Whatever prices they are asking for gas or food is what you are going to pay...there just aren't other options on the next street corner.  The next street corner, as a matter of fact, may be 150 miles down the road, so we gas up at each stop, just to keep on the safe side.

Tonight we ate at the Lucky Wishbone Diner, which is something of an institution here in Anchorage. After WWII, Anchorage grew from just a couple of thousand people into a real city.  During that growth spurt, the Lucky Wishbone opened up in 1955.

Tonight, Natalie and I shared fried chicken and a chocolate malt, and, while not exactly good ol' fashioned southern cooking, it was a mighty fine meal indeed.  We agreed to make a return trip before leaving Anchorage.  Truly, the Lucky Wishbone is straight out of the old Happy Days show!

When we came out, there was a SWEET Corvette sitting right in front of the main doors...I don't know if it belonged to the owners or not, but, wow, what a ride!

The weather was nearly perfect today, and we hit up some garage sales, seeking some affordable treasures to take home from Alaska with us.  The technical name for these items is 'Alaskana', a term I find most endearing.  We met a lot of nice people and one lady started giving us stuff for free...which Natalie loved, because they were glass vases and things, and Natalie loves glassware!  Plus, we were able to buy Natalie a very unique necklace at the Weekend Market that she has had her eye on for three weeks now!  So, all that to say, we feel very blessed indeed to be here in Alaska.  Natalie had her mid-term review today and her boss, Kathie, told her (and later me) that she was the finest student she had EVER had work for her.  It was a wonderful moment.

It has also been n important time for Natalie and I to learn and grow together.  There is something about being on your own that really teaches you things, and it has been very interesting to come to a place where neither of us knew a soul!  It has forced us to rely on God, as well as one another, and helped us to have the time just with one another to find the best way(s) for us to live together and serve one another.

We hope that each of you are also learning and growing, and that this weekend has been wonderful!