Alright already

Thanks to some demanding notes by Anonymous (my guess is it's Mr. Kendall)... here are some new pictures:



ENJOY!

We are now in an almost-sorta-semi-permanent-until-the-summer apartment now, so hurray! Looking for houses, and Debbie is looking for jobs ("Yes, hello, can you train me and pay me lots of money and then give me paid vacation in 5 months?... Hello?"). Have new Alaskan plates and Drivers' Licenses. No, we won't post pictures of them, because our underage friends (Brad & Vincent, maybe?) might try to profit off of them.

We went down to Homer, AK on Thursday for the night and visited a Meadery. Yes, that is an establishment that makes and sells mead. Tim J. & Brent would love it! Oh yes, and the illustrious Mr. Kendall. We visited the beach, although it is really difficult to sunbathe in the snow. Many eagles in a section of "The Spit" with signs that say: "Do not exit your vehicles. Do not attempt to feed the eagles." Finally saw Mount Redoubt on the drive back. I doubt Redoubt's gonna blow... it still looks like a frosty old mountain to me!

Ben felt the baby kick for the first time. Debbie felt the baby kick for the umpteenth time.

Take care! *The Stantons*

New pictures!

Alright, we've uploaded the pictures from our trip. We put them in a slideshow on Picasa because Blogger is a little clumsy to upload to. We probably could have taken more pictures but, 1. We were too busy enjoying ourselves, 2. It's a new camera and Debbie was at the helm, 3. We like to keep some things a mystery so you're more likely to want to see it for yourself!

Enjoy! *Debbie & Ben*

Final ETA=now

We made it, and although we have not had the chance to explore much yet, our first impressions of Kenai and Soldotna are very good.

We are staying at a great Bed and Breakfast (Diamond M) for about a week.

Excellent dinner at Paradisos.

More photos Saturday morning. Right now it's bedtime.


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Map it again

As of Wednesday night...finally in the state!


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some pictures

Map it again

This is our trip as of Tuesday night. We cut it short because of snow, but we are still making good time.


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Pictures before we left

We hadn't had a chance to put any pictures of the preparation up yet, so here is one of the apartment piling up and leaving.

Map it out

Here is our trip so far, and the flags show each stop along the way


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First bump on the road...

We've cleared out the apartment and taken this bump on the road...

The trip so far.

We are in Winnipeg, Canada... enjoying Google Canada (offered in French) and fireworks.

Yes, some kind Canadian teenagers just welcomed us to their country by lighting pretty fireworks outside the hotel : )

But the trip isn't finished yet!

Packin' Up

Well, the car is slowly being overrun by stuff, and our apartment is disappearing into boxes. Anyone feel like helping the Swifts move our piano?!? It feels like we're really on the last leg of our Iowa adventure... soon to be on the road again!