I’ve been in Alaska now for about a week.  I would have been here sooner, but I ran into some airport trouble.  In total, it took me over 2.5 days to travel from Duntroon, Ont to Anchorage, AK- where I spent a week before coming up to Fairbanks.  At one point, the airlines considered sending me to Tokyo because that was the fastest way they could find to get me to my destination.  Awesome.

I didn’t quite go to Tokyo, just Juneau.  Where I spent 9 hours in the airport, as my plane had broken down, again.  You can imagine my ire towards Alaska, considering the last time I was here races were cancelled left and right.  But the next morning brought blue skies, and beautiful skiing.  I hit up Kincaid Park, saw some moose, and reveled in the March Madness (I’m definitely going to win my pool).  I even went for a hike and checked out the mountains.  Pretty cool area they have up here.

That’s all in the past.  For now I’m in Fairbanks, the temperatures are rapidly rising, and I think there just may be a great race series on the horizon.  Redoubt has exploded, but the ash is miles away.  Temps are in the 20s.  The snow is fantastic. Conditions are fast. We have a quality field with the top Americans and Canadians.  I’m trying to suppress the optimism but it keeps oozing out.  It may not be like the spring series’ of old, but this should be a great way to close out the season.

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