Here are a few more photos to go with my Alaskan posts up until now.
This is me at Hurricane Gulch on the way to Denali National Park & Preserve. It was taken mid-pose, which is why I’m inexplicably holding my telephoto lens as if I’m using it to shake martinis.

 On the road to and from Denali, Mike [...]

I was dining on the Clarion Suites continental breakfast at 7:30 (10:30 Central) this morning. ESPN was on the TV, and naturally, I paid no attention. Until I glanced up and saw the Superdome. I felt a jolt for a split second. The last time I saw the Superdome and New Orleans on TV in [...]

With an entire Sunday on our hands, Mike and I agonized over how to spend it. It was the only day we had entirely to ourselves in Alaska, and we didn’t want to waste it. We decided to drive to some places within an hour of Anchorage. At a gas station at 11:00 AM we [...]

How do you lose someone’s luggage on a direct flight?
Northwest Airlines has found a way.
Mike and I landed in Anchorage, Alaska, Saturday afternoon, and so did all of our stuff save one item: Mike’s suitcase. Apparently, the ticketing agent with whom we checked our baggage in Minneapolis slapped Mike’s tag on someone else’s bag and [...]

The tour of North Dakota wrapped up Friday night, leaving me with one night to spend in Minneapolis. Kat and I went to Northeast for pizza at Punch and drinks and dessert at Times. Aahh. Glad to be done with North Dakota. The tour went well, though the travel and sightseeing aspects left much to be desired.
At [...]

I’m sitting in Babb’s Coffee House in downtown Fargo, North Dakota.
The Space Needle rises between the words “Coffee” and “House” in their logo, and underneath, it reads, “…a taste of Seattle.” Nothing says, “We’re ashamed of our hometown,” like a slogan that invokes a larger, hipper city. “Sure, we’re in Fargo, but we’re in touch with [...]

As it turns out, the Oak Grove show went fine. There was one teacher and about a dozen fifth-graders, which made for an intimate show. It was more of a conversation than a show, which was fine, though it could’ve been higher-energy and more polished. The kids and the teacher responded positively, so hooray!
Mike and I returned to [...]

I’m writing this from the set of our very first Mad About Money performance. We debut at Oak Grove Lutheran Elementary in Fargo, North Dakota. Our audience will be small: 15 fifth graders. This is our first time putting the show up in front of kids, so we’ll see how the material goes over. Fifteen [...]

Mike and I filled our Kia Spectra with snacks, luggage, and gasoline, and drove to North Dakota. Mike is using the tour  as an opportunity to quit smoking, so he bought heaps of healthy snacks to help ween himself off of cigarettes.
We checked into the AmericInn in Moorhead, MN, which butts up against Fargo at [...]

A woman and her very young child are sitting in the comfy chair next to my comfy chair. In a move that seems profoundly out of character, the coffee shop is playing a classic rock radio station. Everything seems fine until “Sister Golden Hair” begins playing. The woman begins bouncing her toddler on her lap and humming along. [...]