Snow on the mountains, time for my last Alaskan blog.... :(

Well, this is it! Tomorrow is my last day at REAP and in the great state of Alaska. I must say, I'm jealous of the bicycle caravan taking Laura to the airport!! My flight leaves Ted Stevens airport at 1:30 AM on Saturday and I'll be getting into Newark at 3:30 pm. I may or may not start to melt when I step outside - this morning the temperature was a lovely 45 degrees, and I comfortably left the house in a t-shirt and jeans. Yikes!

The energy fair was a remarkable success. The weather was perfect and turnout was substantial. All of our hard work paid off, and it was wonderful to see it come to fruition without a hitch. Not to toot my own horn, but my T-shirts were a hit. Since we finished up with the fair, I took a wonderful 3-day trip to Denali with my parents and my dad's cousin. We lucked out and got three days of cloudless, sunny skies with full views of the mountain the whole time. It was extremely dry up north, fires have been burning across Alaska and rain has been scarce. On our drive out we saw some smoke come up over the Alaska Range. 

I've been putting together an informational brochure on commuter rail for REAP to take to the state fair, which I am unfortunately missing. I hope I'll be able to continue to help Maryellen, Cynthia and REAP on 

This past weekend I took a trip down to Homer, a town on the south end of the Kenai Peninsula. I got to go out on the fishing boat of a friend's parents. Now I feel like I've covered a decent amount of ground in Alaska! (And yet, there's a whole lot I haven't seen! I haven't been off the road system, and I haven't seen the Arctic Circle or Southeast Alaska, etc.)

This has been an incredible summer, in terms of work, play, and travel. I hope to be back in Alaska as soon as humanly possible!