This adventure all started this morning at 6am when my sister grunted good bye to me (a typical Becca greeting before noon), I gave my dogs one last hug and set out for the Cleveland airport with my parents. After checking my bag (just about exactly 50 lbs, phew) and saying good bye to my parents, I was on my own.
Now...I haven't flown since I went to Disney World...when I was 10. Crap. And now I'm supposed to navigate through three different airports and catch three different flights. Uh oh!
Well as luck would have it (and also thanks to my chatty nature, even at 8 am) I sat next to a couple heading to Bethel while waiting for my first flight. The wife was born and raised in a small village, just like the one I'm heading to. Her husband was in the military and met her in Bethel. I even found out how they met! They met at a dance in Bethel and he told her that he wanted to take her back to the military base with him. She said "That's what they all said but low and behold 52 years and three kids later here I am still married to him". They were the sweetest couple and were actually sitting right next to me on the plane (crazy right?!?!). They sort of took me under their wings and made sure I was alright on the flights and caught the connecting flight in Seattle (which was conveniently the same flight I was on). While I wasn't sitting next to them on this flight, we connected when we landed and made sure that the three of us knew where the next flight was leaving from.
So now I'm sitting here waiting and killing time until I can hop on one last plane and be done traveling (for today). Only a few more hours and I will be in Bethel. Someone is going to meet me at the airport and then tomorrow I'll be in Napakiak! (until later tomorrow when I fly back to Bethel for orientation)
SO MANY PLANES! (but look at this view from the airport window!)
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