Soldotna Alaska

Dear Everyone ,

After a day that for us lasted 31 hours we are sitting here in Soldotna with our friends Jan and Stan  and I am writing our first blog from latitude 49 .

In flight during the trip from London Heathrow yesterday flying over Hudson Bay I recorded the following :-
Speed 486 miles per hour ,altitude 35999 feet ,temperature -59 degrees  at a distance of 3,223 miles from London . On the flight map I could see the Great Lakes ,Superior ,Huron ,Michigan ,Erie and Ontario. .The cities of Wisconsin ,Michigan,Detroit detroit and Boston have appeared. and the States of Minnesota ,Iowa ,Nebraska etc .All this and we know our long planned trip is a reality.

In flight meal Pasta salad cheese roll butter and chocolatee chip Cookie. We are in seats F26 / 27 .We observe solid ice to the east over Hudson Bay and smaller ice floes melting from main pack ice  .

At Minneapolis Airport 6.15 pm writing this 22 hours already into this day. At security after we had landed at 5.15 pm .Keith's knee set off the security alarm for a second time and so we rested to restore our heart rates to normal .

The day ended some 9 hours later at the Courtyard Marriott Hotel in Anchorage and a wonderfully comfortable bedroom and a jacuzzi .

More later ,....