Hi, today has been a great day in Alaska. First off, I did some research about airsickness after yesterdays mess. I went to an Aviation site to get facts from the experts. And who better to get advice from then Buzz Aldren, Astronaut. He said many people get airsick and the best remedy is to take ginger candy. He said that it works best for the nausea and vomiting. He said to keep your eyes outside so that your eyes and ears both send signals to your brain that your moving. It is good to keep the windows open. That you should be sure your hydrated, and that you have a light meal in your stomach preferably fruit and carbs. He also said that you need a good nights sleep and the more you fly the less it will bother you.
I was totally embarrassed yesterday at my lack of strength but I found out that there are a lot of people in the office that get airsick and found out that my partner wears a patch containing scopolamine to get through the air surveys. I immediately called my husband and sent him to the clinic to get our doctor to prescribe this patch. Tomorrow though since I have no ginger candy I am going with Dramamine as I don't want a repeat of yesterday. But I will do all the other things. By the way, Buzz and Chuck Yaeger suffered from airsickness. I no longer feel so stupid.
The best thing about today happened in the neighborhood. This is such a great place to live. We had a order of food arrive at the air freight office and our neighbor was there to pick up her order and saw our stuff and decided to bring it to us since we don't have a car. I didn't even know our stuff had arrived. It was a nice surprise, Isn't that great. Then while we were talking we heard a commotion outside and went to investigate. The neighbor behind us has five chickens and 1 rooster. They decided to fly their coop and investigate the neighborhood. So we had chickens in the backyard. The owners were out of town for the day so the neighborhood was trying to gather up the escapees. Talk about funny. The neighbor to the right of us has a compost pile and the chickens were trying to get to all the goodies. Eventually though they were all caught and back in their pen but it made for outstanding entertainment. Not the kind of wildlife I assumed I going to have in my backyard.
Tomorrow I leave for Brooks Camp. Brooks Camp is the official park office. I will be there until the 27th weather dependent. They have no phones except a satellite phone for emergency purposes. They do have internet but that is kind of iffy. So after this post you won't be hearing from me till I get back. I hope to have great stories to tell you and none of the embarrassing kind. I have sent my husband a disc of pics and have asked him to download them on here when he gets them. I hope he can handle that and I hope you enjoy them. They are of the town of King Salmon and the area by our house. I hope to see lots of great things at Brooks Camp and can't wait to share them with all of you.
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