Getting here was a lot less painless then I imagined. My two flights were excellent with little to no turbulence. Ottawa airport on a Saturday morning was really a mess. I thought I was going to miss my plane. First I had to check-in, US flights go through a different section of the airport. Then we had to fill out our customs declarations, have our checked bags scanned. Followed by a never ending line to get through the metal detectors. Lastly we are greeted by the lovely people from DHS (Google that acronym). I made it through all that a little stressed because our plane started boarding at 6:55 and it was not 7:15. As I made it to the gate I asked if I missed my flight and they hadn't even started boarding the plane yet. We took off about 20mins later then scheduled and we have a nice view leaving Ottawa (We flew over Allison & Martin's house). We arrived in Chicago early and I walked around a bit, that is one big a$$ airport. The flight to Anchorage was about 5:30mins which was an hour shorter then I thought it would be. If you ever fly Alaskan Airlines remember they will charge you for everything (Tablet to watch a movie $10, Food $6 for a chicken carbonara and of course my beer wasn't free.We had an excellent view coming into Anchorage, someone let my dad know I was on the wrong side of the plane and still saw a glacier.
As soon as you get off the plane and you're in the airport terminal huge mountains greet you. It was quite the view. So I got the car drove around and got the the hotel before my room was ready. I made my way to Best Buy and mooched off their WiFi and txted with Anne for a while and posted some photos on Instagram. I did a little shopping and found a liquor store it was an impressive place. I bought a few beers all Alaskan and will sample them over the next few days.
Lastly one thing I've noticed to far, compared to the other States I've driven through I have not seen that much law enforcement.
