The Anchorage Airport is AWESOME!

Well, it's 3pm Alaska time (7pm in TN/VA) and I've been at the Anchorage airport since 7am waiting on standby. Woke up to some nice rain and cloud cover (see previous post), so the first flight was cancelled. Here's my nice hotel room at the Puffin Inn. DC and I also had a nice breakfast this morning before leaving the hotel.

Second flight after noon was delayed and eventually went out. Supposedly it's really clear in Dutch Harbor right now, but the cloud cover changes minute by minute. There are plenty of people on standby with me, so it's actually been a really enjoyable day! One of the new NOAA Corps Officers (Ensign Libby Chase) reminds me of my friend Lesley from Knoxville. She's hilarious, and we've had a great time chatting and hanging out. We also found a nice restaurant, the Upper One, to relax in while waiting around.
 

Convo with the chief engineer regarding us being on standby:
CE: "Sitting all day just waiting?"
Us: "Yeah"
CE: "For them to call your name?"
Us: "Yeah"
CE: "That sucks!"

These are the people I am about the spend plenty of time with on board - I'm excited haha.