Seward #1

Since we only had a 30 minute flight today, we all agreed last night that we’d sleep in a bit and not rush things this morning. We woke up around 9am and ordered rooms service breakfast. I also called the laundry service. Yesterday, we had some clothes cleaned while we were out. Inexplicably, the “do not disturb” sign was on our door when we returned and the clean clothes had not been returned. They said they’d bring it right up.

Meanwhile, I took a shower, got dressed and started packing my things. A short time later, the laundry arrived followed closely by breakfast. We woke the boys up and Justin was really not feeling well. For the past couple days, he has been complaining of a sore throat and has had a fever off and on. This morning, he was crying because of the pain when he swallowed and would not eat. He didn’t eat dinner last night either. Michele and I thought he should see the doctor soon.

After breakfast, we called the concierge and they found a doctor’s office that would squeeze Justin in between appointments around lunchtime. We went back to packing our things and soon discovered that our pants were missing –they had not been returned with the rest of the clean clothes. We called the laundry service several times, but they were unable to find them. There wasn’t much we could do about it. We finished packing up our things and went downstairs to load up the van.

Luckily for us, Sandy had one more card up her sleeve: She told the concierge about our missing pants and he had an idea of where they might be hiding. Low and behold, Sandy came out with the pants, we jumped in the van and headed for the doctor’s office. It took about an hour, but the doctor saw Justin and gave him a prescription for antibiotics. We grabbed a quick lunch while the prescription was filled and then it was off to the airport.

The weather in Anchorage today was beautiful: Clear blue skies, sunshine, and mild temperatures. The reported weather in Seward was not quite as nice, but not the worst: Overcast at 4,000 feet. I decided to use a route Howard had recommended and follow the railroad tracks from Anchorage to Seward at about 2,500 feet to get in a little sightseeing. The flight was a bit bumpy and we got some light rain on the way down, but we were rewarded with beautiful views of the mountains, glaciers, and river. Much better than the inside of a cloud!

As advertised, the railroad tracks brought us within a couple miles of the airport. We landed, taxied in, shut down, and called the hotel for a ride. Brr –it was much colder when we got out in Seward than it was in Anchorage. We had to wait about 30 minutes for the hotel shuttle, so after getting the luggage out and the airplane secured, we climbed back in to keep warm.

We finally got into the hotel just in time to freshen up and head to the dining room for our 6:30 dinner reservations. The Halibut was delicious! I am a bit worried about Justin tonight. He is not able to keep his antibiotics down. As soon as he swallows it, he immediately vomits it back up. He has done this twice so far and the doctor only gave us five doses. Maybe we’ll try to call Dr. Riscilie tomorrow and see if she can call in a prescription for us here in Seward. I’m really not sure what to do at this point. At least he can keep the Motrin down, which helps his fever.
Well, that’s it for now. Tomorrow, we are scheduled to fly up to a glacier in helicopters and do some dog sledding. This is our last scheduled tour for a while and I think Michele is glad. I think she and the kids are starting to get homesick.