This year I hosted my first Thanksgiving dinner. It was a lot more work than I anticipated! Everything turned out wonderful, but I don't think I can eat turkey again for quite some time.
Well, it is now approaching the middle of December. The days are short and dark. I miss the sun. I miss my family and friends that live far away. In less than 2 weeks I'll be in North Carolina getting ready to celebrate Christmas with my grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins. Then I will spend a week over New Years with friends in Portland. I CAN'T WAIT!
So I spent 3 years living in a cabin in the woods, now I'm living in the bush on a remote island in Alaska. Sometimes I think I have a tendency to gravitate towards places that come with many challenges, other times I see myself adapting to places that leave me no choice but to accept the limits and embrace the experience. If life was too easy, there would be no adventure.
Pictures speak louder than words. So we escaped from Alcatraz and stayed at the fancy Cape Fox Lodge, free at last to dine, drink and NOT be teachers! Shannon almost won the dance contest, and Buck still isn't sure if that's Nate's real hair or not. Kelly made us all look vicious with her make-up and costume artist skills, and Katie made us feel like Madonna was in the house (the 80s Madonna, the cool Madonna). 
