It seems that the farther north one travels, the more Subway charges for their now famous "$5 Foot Longs" (You're singing the song right now, aren't you?). In Anchorage, they boast $6 sandwiches, which may be in response to Carl Jr's six-dollar burgers. However, in Bethel (OMG! They have a Subway in Bethel, AK?!?), the sandwich is now worth $8! Inflation???
Based on that math, I now have 32 phlanges and am a towering 9 feet 8 inches tall! NBA here I come!
One of these days, likely once I get over the sticker shock, I'll post some prices we pay for groceries.
26 January 2010
Welcome to Bethel Ham!
My good buddy N8 the Gr8 suggested we start selling hams now that we've moved to Bethel, Alaska, (Get it? Bethel Ham?...I know...he's "special" like that!) but instead I'm just going to blog about our time here in AK. Sorry if you were hoping for a ham...
Arrival in Bethel couldn't have been more smooth. After spending 36 hours in Anchorage (more on that later) we flew under cloudless skies (I suppose if it had been cloudy we likely would've been flying above, but I digress...), landing to near zero-degrees (F not C...Alaska is technically part of the USofA!) and glorious sunny skies! So far, it seems only one piece of luggage was damaged!
Special kudos to Alaska Airlines for the safe (and on-time transport) as well as allowing each traveler within the state of Alaska to travel for free with a total of 3 bags at 50 lbs. each! That's 900 lbs. for our crew! Wowzaa!! We stocked up on groceries in Anchorage which enjoys similar prices to the Lower48 compared to Bethel which enjoys $10 gallons of milk and $8 bags of chips! Needless to say, I'm on the new Bethel Diet!
Special thanks to the people of BLC who brought us here! Also Bishop Mike and Barb for the wonderful meal, conversation and inspiration as we begin this new adventure!
Peace to All!
Arrival in Bethel couldn't have been more smooth. After spending 36 hours in Anchorage (more on that later) we flew under cloudless skies (I suppose if it had been cloudy we likely would've been flying above, but I digress...), landing to near zero-degrees (F not C...Alaska is technically part of the USofA!) and glorious sunny skies! So far, it seems only one piece of luggage was damaged!
Special kudos to Alaska Airlines for the safe (and on-time transport) as well as allowing each traveler within the state of Alaska to travel for free with a total of 3 bags at 50 lbs. each! That's 900 lbs. for our crew! Wowzaa!! We stocked up on groceries in Anchorage which enjoys similar prices to the Lower48 compared to Bethel which enjoys $10 gallons of milk and $8 bags of chips! Needless to say, I'm on the new Bethel Diet!
Special thanks to the people of BLC who brought us here! Also Bishop Mike and Barb for the wonderful meal, conversation and inspiration as we begin this new adventure!
Peace to All!
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