Schedule for return from Alaska to Boston

by philg

For friends and family…  here’s my schedule for returning from Alaska:



  • July 16: Merrill Field 75th anniversary party

  • July 17: Anchorage to Whitehorse

  • July 18: Whitehorse to Ft. St. John or somewhere else down the Alaska Highway

  • July 19-22: Jackson, Wyoming; Julian flies in to join us for the trip home

  • July 23: Minneapolis

  • July 24 or 25: return to Boston with stop in Chicago for lunch with Marcia

That’s the plan anyway.  If there is a freak high-pressure system guaranteeing clear weather over the coast it is possible that I’ll fly Anchorage-Juneau-Vancouver (this is actually completely out of the way compared to a Great Circle route from Anchorage).  Any bad weather over the interior might close off the mountain passes and force some extra days on the ground at various points.

5 thoughts on “Schedule for return from Alaska to Boston”

  1. Don’t know how long you’ll be in the MSP area but you should know that a local dog park was recently ranked #3 in the nation by Dog Fancy mag. Maybe Alex will have had enough rambling across the tundra to make a dog park superfluous. Anyway, I’ll include links but a google search for “Burnsville MN Alimagnet” should get you the necessary info.
    There is an ‘encouraged’ permit but I can’t imagine it would be necessary for visitors.
    Kevin
    http://www.ci.burnsville.mn.us/Parks/alimagnetdog.htm
    http://www.thisweek-online.com/2005/June/24bdogpark.html
    http://www.alimagnetdogpark.org/home.htm

  2. Since you’re flying through Wyoming, you might as well say something amusing regarding the Walton crash.

  4. It appears with your schedule that I will not have the opportunity to visit with you again on your way back through even if you do by chance stop at DUJ again. (I am going on my yearly pilgriamge to the Chippewa Flowage WI the last week of July) I took the book home that you had left for the pilot’s lounge and thoroughly enjoyed reading it though I have to wonder how much your perception of Alaska and other things have changed in the 10 plus years since you took that trip. It would be interesting to see how this trip compared to the previous one with regards to the people you met and the different viewpoints portrayed. Thank you for leaving the book here for our enjoyment!

  5. Hey Philip, I’m in Minneapolis and I used to work with Rolf Hanson who worked at Ars Digita back in the day. Do you know what ever happened to him? Everyone I know out east who knew him has lost track of him. If your schedule is open in Minneapolis, it’d be great to have a cup of coffee with you while you’re in town.

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