August already?

Wow, where has the summer gone? Hopefully y'all had a summer. Here in Alaska we've had a total of about 1 week, maybe. This has got the be the worst summer by far. 2 days that hit 70 - even that's bad for Alaska. Most days have been in the 50's with rain, rain, and more rain. Heck, Fairbanks has so much rain they've declared areas a disaster.

Anyway, South Carolina in June was beautiful. Walking the shore and feeling the warm sand and the warm water was wonderful. Yes, it was hot - over 100, and I loved every sweaty minute of it.

Texas was a short trip mid-June. We had the combination of sun, heat, rain, high winds - all in 3 days! Wow, it was something. And the trip back from Texas was a trip all in itself! First, we were an hour late leaving Dallas/Ft Worth, for no known reason. By the time we got to Denver there was a huge storm and we couldn't land. We circled for about an hour and then were told we were diverting to Colorado Springs because we were running low on fuel - oh fun. By the time we got to Colorado Springs the storm had settled in there but we were able to land. We get into the terminal and were told we were being bussed back to Denver - WTF? We get on busses and ride all the way back to Denver and stand around for hours waiting in line to get hotel vouchers, taxi vouchers, meal vouchers, etc. The hotel was over 15 mile away and of course when we get to the hotel we're in the same long line waiting to get our rooms. Remember, this is the entire airplane waiting in line. The taxi ride cost $40 so we pulled our taxi vouchers. I got to my room @ 2:00 am and had to be back down in the lobby by 8:00 am to catch the shuttle back to the airport in time for my flight - not to Anchorage but to San Francisco and then to Anchorage. So rather than getting home Friday night @ midnight I got home about 10:00 pm Saturday night. Oh did I mention my luggage was lost in the ordeal? Thankfully it did show up in Anchorage.

Then there was the "Community Appreciation BBQ" we had in Adak. We closed the offices and flew all the employees to Adak for the BBQ. Quite the adventure. Coordinating the shipment of all the food, grills, necessities to Adak and then pulling it all together once we got there was daunting at times. But the sightseeing was wonderful. The attached photo was taken on Adak - unbelievable, huh? You would think you were on some tropical island at times. The scenery is great.

So, back home in Anchorage and we're back to the rain...LOL!

Ok, enough for now. Glad to hear others had good vacations and have enjoyed their summer!