Flying In

Getting to the Ted Stevens International Airport involved picking up the cats.  They were not in the best mood for transport after being in the kennel for a few days.  I figured that they would not mind once we got to St. Micheal.  First we had to fly to Unalakleet.  It would take about an hour and half to get there.

Our plane for Anchorage to Unalakleet

 We had a hilarious air hostess names Diana Ross, she said she did not sing.  One of the jokes she had was about exiting the plane.  She told us to avoid walking into the propeller, they did not want the propeller to be damaged.  I liked it.  My view out of the plane was not the best.

View from row 5

 I did manage to get some pretty nice shots of the country around anchorage.  I miss most of the flight because I passed out, maybe one last beer too many.

A river

Shadow of a cloud

A river

Finally after a tasty inflight meal of cookies.

Oatmeal raisin & snicker-doodle

We landed in Unalakleet.

I was there all of 15 minutes.  I had enough time to use the bathroom and check in for my flight.  For my flight I had to tell them my weight.  There is no use lying because they assume everyone is and just like the camera, ten pounds are added to your weight.  I boarded the plane that would take me on the final leg of my journey.

Hopefully the kitties would not throw off the weight too much.

 

The video above shows the plane taxiing for takeoff.  The pilot mentions something about duct tape...I found that disconcerting.  The flight was short and very cramped.  There was a 6 footer sitting in front of me, my knees were up at my ears. Soon the overloaded plane and I were zooming over the Bering Sea.

Russia is over there

St. Michael from an odd angle

The large building with the blue roof at the center of the photo is my new home and the school is the building with the red roof located in the center right of the photo.  We landed at a gravel airstrip about a miles away from the village. The pilot got out of the plane and then whole thing teeter tottered onto its rear landing skid.  Unbeknownst to me the plane was overweight, one of the other passengers blamed my cats.  Probably true.