Alaska Exploration
After two months of Ann Arbor living, I'm finally seeing my husband again up in Alaska! Hooray! Here's a map of our travels--click on it to make it bigger. Point A is where my plane landed: Anchorage, AK. Wil and I hit up Costco while we were there to stock up on less expensive food. We then drove to Seward (Point B in the southwest corner of the map) for the National Ocean Science Bowl. NOSB was amazing--it's ocean-science-themed quiz bowl for high-schoolers. The Alaska competition actually includes a large research paper and oral presentation, which isn't required in any other NOSB state competitions. Cordova High School give a very professional report on bilge dumping! This is the view from Seward High School. After NOSB we drove to Point C: Whittier, AK. The entire town lives in one high-rise apartment building, and the vast majority of the town comprises a half-mile strip of shops and shipping facilities along the water. Most intriguing, how