Tomcat had no idea we'd be in Alaska this week. Oh, clever, clever CurlyTop!Long before this "50 States in a Year" idea came to me, the kids and I had decided to surprise Tomcat with a trip to Alaska for Father's Day. Would you believe these little people actually kept this a secret for almost a full year?!
I've been paying for it bit by bit, on the sly, not an easy task I assure you. And getting the time blocked on his work calendar was tricky, too. Fortunately, he has a fantastic assistant who helped cover for us -- he thought we were going to Texas for my High School Reunion this week. How's that for slick thinking, eh?
Sunday was Father's Day, the big day. Grandma was as giddy with excitement as the kids. We wrapped up the travel documents with a little Alaska guide book and when he opened it, he was truly shocked. He just sat in bed, jaw agape, and stared at his tray of breakfast, letting his tea get cold. I don't think he even realized when we were going -- in just 2 days -- until Peanut started to giggle and mentioned we weren't actually going to Texas. (I have to say he'd been quite a bear about missing 10 days of work for yet another Texas trip, and his outlook quickly shifted.) He's wanted to go to Alaska for more than a decade and when I brought Little Man up here last year for a special trip, he started to get irked. Now, finally, it was his turn to see America's Last Frontier.
Some people don't even realize just how big Alaska is. Being from Texas, it's important to note that Alaska is more than twice the size of the Lone Star State! Here's a visual. If you laid Alaska across a map of the U.S. (in a particular way, sort of southward), it would touch both oceans!
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