Most beautiful places I've been to on this Earth:
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| Redfish Lake, Sawtooth Mountain Range, Idaho |
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| Cottesloe Beach Perth, AU |
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| Seward Alaska |
Obviously, of these three locations, Seward AK is the one pertinent to this blog, described to Mom and I by a local as "the place where the Heavens kiss the Earth."
If you look very closely at the picture of Seward (above), you can see a small white dot in the water; yes, that is a sea otter! And even still, this picture hardly does the area justice. What's more, the drive from Anchorage is perhaps a greater feast for the eyes than the destination itself.
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UNFORTUNATELY, those pictures are on my phone, and the gods of the Alaskan Wilderness wanted to first remind me that I am not on a 5-star luxury cruise. So to that end, they broke my phone 6 days ago (on May 1).
What's ironic is I LOST my phone the week prior (fell out of my pocket while running), but it was returned to me. THIS week: it spontaneously died while charging one morning. No water or falls; no faults on my part.
Day 6 of NO PHONE * WOW MOM!
Additional Obstacles:
- VERIZON WIRELESS DOES NOT SERVICE ALASKA. (Guess who my provider is)!
- This means NO Verizon stores, kiosks, help desks, or representatives in the entire state.
- No help on the website
- DO PAY PHONES STILL EXIST? Not at my nearest grocery store, mall, or hospital!
- Using courtesy phones for long-distance calls: *Classic Poor etiquette.*
- Did you know: if you are on a FAMILY PLAN, your service providers MAY NOT BE AUTHORIZED TO SPEAK WITH YOU?!
- Why is Katie an authorized user, but Mom and I are NOT?
- Right, like my Dad will ever get on the internet to read this
- Yes, I am 27 y.o. and still on a family plan. Blah. Blah.
These fun obstacles have made for a really fun week. Today May 6 is now my 6th day without cellular service, and if I am lucky, my phone will finally arrive today. If I am not lucky it will arrive on Monday, at which point I will have spent over 1 full week without cellular phone access.
Now I can officially say: "I am Christine McCandless." Can I go home now?
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| IN OTHER NEWS: I can still do Crow's Pose, so that's pretty cool... |
Much love from up here in the Wild North,
B
I think, as we look for answers as to the phone's demise, we should revisit the fall from the pocket while running in the majestic, snow covered mountains.
ReplyDeleteAs for Verizon (and all other similar bureaucracies), I wonder if the whole "you aren't an authorized user on the account" schtick has ever really worked to "serve and protect"? Honestly, I wonder if they have a single example of that policy ever being anything other than an exasperating, exercise in futility? I guess it must have worked as they anticipated at least once...? I would like them to prove it to me.
Good luck cous. I have to say, the picture of Seaward almost makes me want to come visit you in AK.
At this point, I am certain the Authorized User schtick is only implemented to deter frustrated users from cashing in on new phones (and I bet it works)!
ReplyDeleteSeward and the otter are magnetic, pulling me ever northward!! I am soo jealous of your Crow's Pose,I don't think I'll ever be able to do that again but... doing it "on the rocks", downright magical!
ReplyDeleteNow, check out my facebook. I received a request from a frind to post a photo of my mother on my facebook profile thru May 9th, in honor of Mother's Day. I scrolled around and the most recent, lovely photo I had of Kay to display is with you in the photo with her.I didn't think you'd mind so I hope I was correct? I am waiting for someone to question who is with her and if you are OK with it I will disclose your name.
Autie Bonnie thinks the young man in the photo looks fun! Any clue as to who he is?
Bonnie so good to hear from you and I LOVE your profile pic - what a beautiful picture of Grandma Kay!
ReplyDeleteThe young man in the photos is actually Christopher McCandless (1968-1992), an adventurer who hiked into Denali National Park with little food or supplies hoping to live a period of solitude. His remains were unfortunately found 4 months later, weighing only 67 pounds.
Beyond starvation, the details of his death are not completely clear, but inspired John Krakauer's book - and Sean Penn's later film adaptation - "Into the Wild."
LOL No boyfriend in the picture, though my Mom started a blog after her visit here: "Meeting Cute Guys for Dummies: Or How to find a guy when you live in a place with there are 10 guys for every girl." ;)
Love and Miss,
B
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