Jeff Billimek’s Journal

I’m sitting in the empty north terminal at the Anchorage International Airport. My flight isn’t for another three hours departing out of gate N1. The security checkpoint isn’t even open yet. I’m thinking of taking the shuttle to the south terminal so I can get some dinner.

It’s now 5:27 and I’m sitting in the south terminal ‘food court’. I just ordered a bacon cheeseburger to eat before my flight.

Larry & I slept in until about 9am. When Larry looked out the window, he reported that it was bright and sunny! Our last day, the day we leave, is absolutely beautiful. It was really depressing that all the previous days were overcast and rainy.

We got up and headed to the lodge for breakfast but there was a big wait, so we drove into Seward instead. There we went to a little local place and I had pancakes with bacon.

After breakfast we packed up and headed north towards Anchorage. Since we had a little time, we stopped at Portage glacier. The portage glacier area is about six miles off of the main Seward highway. There we were treated to some awesome views of about three different glaciers. In some spots the sunlight was hitting just right from a good angle. For the first time this trip I was able to use my polarizer.

After portage glacier, we continued north. Once we got to the airport, I dropped Larry off and drove into town. We called it even on food and agreed to split up lodging and car rental. Lodging was about $300 and the car was around $280, so I owe Larry about $300. I’ll mail a check in the next few days.

Since I had about five hours before my flight, I drove around Anchorage until I found the movie theater. When I was here in 1999 with Kyle, we caught a movie before our flight since we had time to spare. I bought a ticket for the 2:15 showing of Blue Crush. I think this was the first time I’ve gone to the movies by myself. It felt odd. I’ve been teasing Michele about that movie since I know she wasn’t interested in it. The movie was just ok.

After the movie I drove to the airport, returned the car, and checked my bag. I listed myself for S1R priority in hopes of getting first-class.