Last November I went to an airline conference in Kauai (rough, in know). On the last night of the conference they had a raffle for prizes. Well my name got drawn out of the bowl and I won a tour of the arctic circle and a Wii. We were totally stoked! Anyway I wanted to get to Alaska to use my prize before summer got rolling and it was too busy to make it stand-by from SLC to Anchorage. The first day in Alaska we drove down the Kenai peninsula to Seward. It was a gorgeous drive. I still can't get over how vast Alaska is. The next morning it was time for our tour. Konan and I hopped on a short flight from Anchorage to Fairbanks. Once there we walked down to the Arctic Circle Hangar. Not quite what I was expecting. It was a shabby old building with no formal office. Once inside about 10 people walked by not saying a word finally a burly looking man asked if we had been helped. I told him we were here from the Arctic Circle tour at 10:30. He looked at me as if i was crazy. He walked off for awhile and came back and said, "I guess we can give a ride up there, let me call our pilot." By then Konan who is already somewhat afraid of flying is looking pale. The man returns a few minutes later and says that their pilot is sick and can't take us! What a weird experience. I thought i'd won this cool prize. Oh well, we still had a great time and saw a lot of amazing scenery. Here are of couple of pictures from our adventure...
Portage Glacier
Feeling Chilly!
Konan and Kate in Seward
Cute Kate checking out the scenery 
See how bad it was!
