Day 1 - Travel Day

We're Alaska-bound!

We started planning this trip in earnest in early February and it's a little surreal for these plans to actually start coming to life. Alaska has been on my dad's Bucket List for a long time - and ours! - so we're excited to share this adventure with him.

Today was our nearly 4,000 mile travel day, stretching long into the night. Chatt > Atlanta > Seattle > Fairbanks. 13'ish hours. When all is said and done, we should get into our Fairbanks Airbnb around 2a Alaska time, 6a Chattanooga time. It is wild that we are traversing an entire continent and we're still in the same country.

As I type this, we're on our last flight from Seattle to Fairbanks. We left Chatt at 5p and have spent the rest of the day chasing the sun. Even as I type this at 12a Pacific time, I can see the sky begin to brighten as we head further north.

There have been a few delays but thankfully no major hiccups, just a couple of VERY quick connections and speed walking/dragging tired children through airport terminals.

Tomorrow will be a recovery and reunion day with Papa in Fairbanks. Then, fueled by coffee and adrenaline, Thursday we'll hop the train and head for 3 nights in Denali, then 4 nights on the coast in Seward and wrap up with a last stay in Anchorage.Read more