Ferry Day 3

Just sitting here in the forward lounge of the ferry on my third day… It has been an interesting trip so far, but I have enjoyed it.

Unfortunately they took quite a while to load the vehicles on board and I wasn’t able to get on deck in time to claim a lounge chair, but I was able to take up camp in a nice large corner of the solarium where I am fairly sheltered from the winds and morning rains. I’d rather be warm and a little uncomfortable, rather than comfortable and shivering cold!! It’s been balmy out here on the water and it reminds me of how cold I thought it was when I first arrived in Alaska back in June, eventually I will get used to it and this will be warm, I can’t imagine what it will be like to go back home sometime during the summer when it’s easily in the 90’s and 100 percent humidity! I’ll be dying in the heat – Just like I think it’s chilly now.

Schmoopee was able to get off of the ship for a while here in Ketchican and she was quite happy about that! After two days of sleeping and staring at the other vehicles she was full of energy. I have been lonely the past two days without her by my side, she gave me a great deal of comfort out on the road just by being there… It’s amazing to think that she’s had such a different lifestyle in these past three years and is now going to be, what I am sure is one of the few, Bulldogs in Alaska. She deserves a bit of an adventurous life, it seems to fit her personality… She deserves the very best.

As for me, I am terribly anxious to get into Hoonah… I’m not sure if it’s the fact I’m not too afraid of the decision I have made to move to Alaska, or if it just hasn’t really “hit me” yet just how far I am from everything I’ve ever known. Either way, I am so very glad that I made this decision. Anyone who really knows me could probably tell that I was itching to get out of Indiana, have something worth talking about in my life, and this move is certainly something I can be proud to talk about. I do miss those who were close to me, and I am often thinking of what it would be like to have those people as a part of my new life, but I know that I will see you all again soon… I promise! I plan on keeping this blog active as long as I know that you guys are out there reading, it’s not much, but it’s an easy way to share some of my new life with everyone.