Moose in Anchorage! ... and everything else ... (including Thanksgiving)

I can't believe all that has happened since the last time I wrote. Per usual, I don't know where to start.... therefore I think I'll start with one of the reasons I think Alaska is amazing.

Moose in Anchorage!!

Only in Alaska, can you live in the biggest city in the state and see moose out your front door! As some of you may or may not know, I am quite the Moose fan. Ever since I did a campfire talk on Moose at the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge, I have just been enamored with them. So, when I started seeing moose everywhere in Anchorage, where I'm apartment-sitting you can only imagine how excited I was! Here are a few of the moose I've seen so far.
Lone female moose outside Amanda's apartment? I think not.
This moose ended up having the cutest little calf!

Two male moose outside the Library!
One of the male moose at the library.
All of the male moose I've seen were at night, so I don't have the best pictures of them, but they were AWESOME to see in person! :)

There are a lot of amazingly awesome things in Alaska!


Drive to Soldotna and Back

Another one of Alaska's amazingly awesome things is the drive from almost anywhere in the state to anywhere in the state, but one of the best drives in from Anchorage to Soldotna or Homer.

On the 11th of November my friend, Elise from Katmai National Park, arrived in Anchorage prepared to drive to her new temporary home in Homer. The weather was awful, and I didn't think it was ever going to stop snowing. However on the 12th the weather cleared up and I drove her to Soldotna. It was BEAUTIFUL! (Thank you Elise for the pictures!)

Turnagain Arm The stop right before the Hope turn off on the Seward Hwy.
Thanksgiving

My Thanksgiving this year was spent in Fairbanks with friends. We ate heaps of food at Pike's Landing, went bowling and watched tons of movies. It was a good couple of days in Fairbanks, even if the temperature hovered somewhere around -1'F. It was cold... yet my friends made it very warm and exciting.

Here's a picture of the group at Pikes:

After dinner Carl decided to drive across the river back to the house... it was either my first or second time driving over the ice bridge. Good ol' Alaskans with they're crazy driving on frozen rivers!

I am very thankful for everything I have. I am blessed.