Day twenty eight.

Day twenty eight.

Orientation.

So in retrospect today would actually be thirty something since I missed the passed week and a half without Internet. Well the today finally came.. when Santa (aka the Internet installation) man came and gave us the greatest gift. Internet.

Well in the past week I have had orientation for my new job with HAP ( Holland America and Princess Cruise line) Very exciting stuff... also have been going out and meeting a bunch of new people. 

I actually have this entire week off so I have been exploring downtown and running a lot since I have the time...before I get beaten with the stick called work :)

Sexy and I know it.

This guy is amazing and puts a whole twist on LMFAO.. listen while you browse.

The past orientation week.

Begin each day my amping it up at 5:45am so you have enough fuel until 11pm at night when the sun slowly begins to set.

Learn these Sexy cocktail drinks for work!

Move into our new apartment.

This is the view outside of our patio door.

Shoveling the snow from the yard ;)

we just had to throw some dollar bills down.

 Find a roommate! CHECK!

 Find our ride!!

We fit three bikes in the rental car, plus three of us in the car.. us girls know how to pack.

My girl Ol' Bessy Huffy!

All moved in and settled.. Family dinner!

Roaming around town on our bikes and this is what we see....

This is a moose down the street from our apartment outside of a school eating grass!

This is the park where we play ultimate Frisbee at.. so gorgeous.

Then our first run on the train. :)

This is Hurricane Gulch.. a huge valley with a river running through it that the train stops above for the guests to have a picture opt.

After the train ride we stayed at the Lodge..

 a five star hotel owned by Holland America this is the view.

After we arrived at the Lodge our company took us to see an interactive dinner theatre show.

Where in the picture below I am tasting Salmon for the first time.

After the show we went out to a bar called Salmon Bake where they had a live band underground that played awesome Blues. It was great!

Also look at the man behind me with the extremely long and amazing mustache.

This is a picture of leaving the bar at 12am and the lodge right in front of me and the sun still isn't down.

The next morning we got up at 6am for breakfast and took tours of the Lodges owned by Princess and then had a 6hr bus ride back to Anchorage. Here are some of the views from the bus. 

 After our first run... 

I have off for a week so yesterday the girls and I went downtown and took some fun pictures.

Kiss the grizzly!

 This totem means wisdom and strength..

Bare butted Moose shirt!

 What Pocahontas?!

The bumper sticker I am going to get for LUCY! (my car)

Hey, Hey!

Rocking the red hat ;)

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Day twenty seven.

Day twenty seven.

One step at a time.

Conquer each mountain at a time by putting one foot in front of the other.

Mountain.

So we decided to explore some after lunch. We don't have hiking boots and it was snowy so I was slipping everywhere but it was an awesome experience.

Time to invest in some awesome hiking boots...

On ground level.

These are the stairs to start the hike aka the starting hike through snow. Slippery!

Starting the trek.

 Higher...

 Beautiful! no words.

 I sat down to rest as I was walking up and it started snowing about thirty seconds after I took this picture. My first time seeing snow fall and it was beautiful.

The top of the mountain. Snowing and all <3

 This is on the slippery hike down the mountain a woman was hiking up with her 3 dogs and her cat in her backpack... What?! lol

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Day twenty six.

Day twenty six.

Friends.

Make friends along the way, you never know who you will meet. I am on an awesome adventure and have met the most amazing and welcoming people in Alaska and I have only been here 3 days. Bring it on summer 2012!!!!

Agenda.

So yesterday began with looking at some apartments... and I am happy to say the Orlando group found a place and so did I. :)

We then decided to venture into the five story mall downtown cause we had a half hour to kill before we met our group and this is where I witnessed my first "Hot dog on a stick" I didn't get one but I was so excited because I always see these places in movies but never have actually witnessed one until now.

Then I grabbed a protein whole fruit smoothie called runners shot and was beyond impressed because they had boba. One of my obsessions.

After a little time we met up with our group for lunch at the sleeping lady where we ate downtown with a beautiful view of the mountains.... 

It is like hops (for all the Floridians out there with the tanks to brew their own beer inside)

I got the Greek Hummus platter if was amazing.

After the Sleeping Lady we wondered around downtown.. where cinco de mayo began...

First drink.

After my first drink it led me here to the Slippery Salmon for a couple Margaritas!

After a couple of Margaritas it brought me to my first Roller Derby at the Alaska Convention Center.

I ended up with this sweet hat that this nice woman gave me that I got so many compliments on.

A bra collection.

 After Roller Derby we ended up at the Crossroads where the night began.

5 minutes at crossroads and I was married.

With free drinks bought by a man at the bar for our table to celebrate the happy couple!

Which led to this!

 The people in Alaska are so sweet <3 

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