It's beginning to look like home

Judy said that she was going to begin a blog when she got here, but now that Brian is here, it may actually happen.  Brian got here September 21st, after his cross-country trip in a U-Haul, 3 days on the ferry to Haines, AK and then 800 miles to Anchorage over land again.  It's pretty land -- mountains and water all around, and wonderful trails throughout the city for biking, walking, skiing (not yet though!).  It turns out that Brian has a friend here that he was friends with 23 years ago in Whitesboro! We have an apartment in the "downtown" area of Anchorage, which is a city of about 280,000.  People have asked us many things about the weather, the time difference, whether we have stores here . . . Anchorage is a city!  Yes, we have Wal-Mart!  We also have the symphony, museums, REI, great yoga studios, a planetarium, etc.  And, Brian says, yes, and when you're driving back from WalMart here, you're looking at these gorgeous mountains -- and you might hit a moose!  Where else can you say that!  Alaska has it's own time zone - one hour earlier than California.