Michael had originally brought up the idea of moving to Alaska. He had mentioned that he had wanted to move up north when we had first met. I met him with mutual excitement. Almost a year and a half later we are trekking from Phoenix, Arizona, USA to Anchorage, AK, USA.
The distance we will be driving is a total of 3,654.8 miles over about 62 hours. We find that we are both more excited about it by the minute. Kitty, such an original name for our one year old cat, has no idea of the drastic change he will be experiencing. I will be posting the preparations we are taking to take such a long drive with our cat later on. From the articles I have read about traveling with pets it seems that there is a universal approach: ‘My cat would never!’ Kitty isn’t like normal cats. When I adopted him I had a dog who practically raised him. If Kitty could bark he would. I regress. I have always been one for adventure. My background consists of being born in Puerto Rico, United States territory, Caribbean Islands to living throughout a multitude of East Coast states to Arizona now. In addition, the amount of hours I have put into road trips between all of these states is intense. Michael, who is a US Army Veteran, has also traveled around the United States and other beautiful countries on deployments. I feel that it is our background in living a relatively unstable life that is preparing us for such a move. I am beside myself with gratitude to have found someone who is willing to travel the world with me and I know he feels the same way. Even kitty, a feral kitten, has adapted wonderfully to my moves thus far. Therefore, I welcome you to continue reading our posts, looking at our photographs of the preparation to move, the actual road trip, and our life in Alaska, as well as the videos we will be posting along the way. As the Alaskan state motto states, “North to the Future.”
