Dinner on March 13 will start a 6 PM with wine & munchies. Actual dinner will be served around 7 PM. I'm thinking King Crab & BBQ tri-tip. Any requests will be considered (but cannot be guaranteed). ;)

I figure we should start early since everyone will need to be up early on Saturday to catch the train.

There has not been much interest in Wed. night at this point. It may be a very small group. I anticipate the schedule to be about the same at Friday.

PM me if anyone needs directions to my house.

Thanks,

Bob W

But when else will we lowly MVPs-not-invited-to-the-high-and-mighty-MVPG-breakfast-and/or-lunch get to hang out with missy? :)

akdude, you'd better show up for some of this stuff. You have gone on long enough trying to avoid me, and we are destined to meet SOONER rather than later! :D

He was at the last ANC MVPG event... so I can vouch he does exist :D

MissyDarlin & I will be having dinner. All I'm saying is YA'LL BETTER SIGN UP!!!!!

Can the post be updated to reflect those two names please?

Not happy that we are missing this dinner on Wednesday, although I think that by Monday these Florida folk will have had enough of the weather up there and will be very happy to run for shelter from it.

Jackal;
Unless something comes up I'm RSVP for the Gold breakfast.(OPPS sorry I forgot your not gold :))
I'm really trying to make some of these events but I have a hard time with having to much fun,then driving home to Girdwood.
Akdude

Bob IIRC has special 'accommodations' for those from 'out of town' :p

See you at the Breakfast :D

I do if Akdude is interested.

Just a quick post to say 'Enjoy yourselves' to everybody on the DO. Would like to be with you but will have to content myself with skiing at Vail - I know, it's a tough life!

Looks like I won't be able to go, but I did just see this:
Anchorage Fairbanks award travel.

5,000 miles each way between Anchorage an Fairbanks.

Ummm... yeah.

Not looking good for me for Wednesday dinner right now. I just looked at the schedule, and staying for dinner means I don't get home til 3am.

And the hoards returning to Anchorage from spring break thwarted my efforts to come up early for any of the other festivities.

So... If something clears and I can come out and play at all, I'll let you know... otherwise, I'll see some of you at the Gold Events.

There's nothing unusual about that, is there? ;)

Be careful When Visiting Casa de BOB W
 

After fasting for two and a half days, I arrived this evening unannounced, just before dinner time, at Casa de BOB W. Pausing only briefly on my way through his garage to choose a respectable bottle of wine from his collection with which to present to the host, I was shocked, shocked to find that Bob W had yet to prepare dinner for the appointed hour of 7PM.

Be still my rumbling gullet, Monitor, Jackal and several other of the Usual FT Suspects were there to amuse and be amused.

7:20pm. Still no food. B@$1@rd: he lied to me. Time to escape, but not before being dragooned into performing an early AM pickup and train station drop-off.

And he didn't even thank me for the bottle of wine. Un-Frackin-Be-LEAV-able.

Well, considering you never actually told me that you were coming, it was the best I could do. :eek: Just trying to play the good host to the majority.:D

The rest of the group spent the day at the zoo and devoured a carcass late in the afternoon. ;) so they arrived not hungry at all. The BBQ is hot, the tri-tip will be on momentarily and the king crab will be ready shortly.


I'll open the most excellent bottle of wine you selected and we will enjoy a late dinner.

Hurry back!!!! It's not that far.......

Harrumph.
 

Sir, I demand satisfaction.

Like I said "Hurry back!!!! It's not that far....... " I'm slicing the tri-tip now and the crab smells awesome..sucka!!!!!

So the arrival back to balmy ANC is 6:03 PM

Guess I need to start heading to the ANC BR... :p

What is the plan for tonight then? I can bring up 2... then where? Unfort soup does not run that late...

Update... :D

AS 190 is scheduling an ETA of 6:53 PM

...And the AS BR does have soup this late! The soup de jour is Homemade Chicken Noodle and is excellent with some freshly ground pepper...

Soup ran out before we arrived.

Soda machines shut down very early. Only refills were from the bar.

Veggies very sparse.

Chips non-existent until we asked for them.

No fruit basket.

I brought in friends to experience the AS Board Room this evening. All experienced fliers with memberships in other clubs. I was very embarrassed by the offerings.


The Staff were GREAT as usual, but overall very spartan. :(

How dare you tempt us with this update only to have eaten all of the soup prior to our arrival... :mad::p

Thanks a lot for the driving - I can't believe we made it from BR to mall in less than twenty minutes... :)

Well everyone is on their way home (or home already for our friends in ANC).

I had a lot of fun and I hope everyone else did too. It was certainly cold - for those who didn't come up, it reached -20+ this morning in Chena, and the wind was blowing at a good clip making the wind chill something in the -40 to -50 realm. Cold temperature aside, we did a lot of fun/interesting/unique things, and the weather was otherwise perfect, with clear blue skies the entire trip. The most memorable thing for me would have to be the late night dip in the hotsprings, including the very treacherous walk from the pool building - it was an interesting experience... :p

No aurora (I sincerely hope those flying home tonight see them from the plane), although they were visible flying up Friday night and we were told they were quite visible Saturday (everyone was tired from the train ride and the wine party).

I had so much fun that I've decided to stay over one additional day to cover some sights in Anchorage, including a few museums. If the weather stays nice I may drive down to Girdwood and am pondering a snowmachine trip. NB: US Airways cooperated by delaying the flight by 1+ hour, and the DL reps that do ground handling here in ANC were more than happy to let me go a day later - even confirming me in 1A (prime aurora viewing seat).

I'll be talking to the attendees from this inaugural DO to see whether it might be worth repeating, what went well and what did not, etc.

A very warm thank you to Bob, Franny, Bob, Chris, Eva, Chris, and Bill for joining in the fun - it was truly a pleasure to meet some of you for the first time and to re-join the rest for a bit longer. It was truly an honor and a pleasure to meet you all (or to see you again, as the case may be).

Finally, a very sincere thank you to jackal for his assistance in coordinating aspects of this DO and for driving us while in the Fairbanks area - it was very much appreciated, especially with my work and travel time constraints.

I'll look forward to seeing photos from the other attendees, and will post my own as soon as possible.

Wishing everyone a very pleasant evening (or morning) and safe travels wherever you may be from a slightly-less-chilly Anchorage, Alaska.

Sean

Pleasure to help, and I'll definitely be looking forward to the next gathering!

Anyone see the aurora on the way home?

Thank you very much vysean, Bob W and jackal for a wonderful trip!
I cannot say that I have ever experienced such low temperatures. :eek:
But having said that, I'd be more than happy to repeat the experience. ^
After all, I still have the aurora & dogsled on my to do list. :)
Never mind the beauty of Alaska, & the warm welcome of the locals. ^

So now my fingers have finally thawed out and I can express my appreciation to those who planned and executed the long weekend in Alaska. It was a small group but a great one, with everybody in sync the whole way.

A thank you to vysean who came up with the idea, an especial thank you to jackal who kept things moving in more ways than one, and another to BOB W who supplied much of the liquid refreshment along the way.

Alaska still remains as one of our favorite places to visit (although I would no longer stray very far from Anchorage in the winter). I can still feel the cold of that morning in Chena Hot Springs and will not forget it for quite a while. I guess that I'm not as hardy as SeeYa who appears ready to do it all over again.

You guys up there are great. Thanks again for the wonderful hospitality.

I have an idea for next time: the Alaskan Spring Break Do 2010 will be temporarily relocated to Boca. All we need to do is add a bit of sulphur to your pool (and your shower) and we can pretend it's Chena! :D

:D

Sounds good to me. All I will need to do is to round up some worn-out skinny blue towels and lay in some extra chips and wine and we will be ready to duplicate the experience in comfort and be about 100 degrees warmer. :)

Sounds good to me too. Especially the 100 degrees part. :cool:

It was great to see everyone again and meet Sean for the first time.

+1 this proposition ^

(@:-)Especially if AS reduces some of those fares ANC-Florida...)