J’s Index – Alaska
*Note: If you are subscribed to my posts, you may have seen this one already. I accidentally posted it instead of scheduling, but I didn’t intend to have this post go live until I finished my other Alaska posts. So I took it down and am re-posting it now.*
This post is an homage to the Harper’s Index, a summary of our trip to Alaska. The photo above is from our whale watching trip. It was so beautiful, it looked like a painting to me.
Number of Flights Taken – 7
Number of Boat Trips – 2
Number of Rental Cars – 3
Number of Airbnbs – 3
Number of towns visited – 4
Number of train rides – 1
Number of miles covered on the train – 356
Number of hours spent on the train – About 12
Number of live moose spotted – 1 (by me only)
Number of live eagles spotted – 1 (all of us)
Number of live bears seen – 0
Number of Taxidermied animals spotted – too many to count
Number of trams taken – 1
Number of whales seen – at least 10, likely more
Number of times we saw the Aurora Borealis – 0 🙁
Number of times the Aurora Borealis was going on, but was not visible to us – 4 or 5
Number of Ice Cream shops visited – 2
Number of Sunny Days – 2 out of 11
Number of balance issues that I had – 0
Number of days I did my vestibular exercises – maybe 3
Number of days I did my planned daily yoga – 1
Number of t-shirts I bought – 4
Number of childhood friends I met up with – 1
8 Comments
Margaret
I’ve been to Alaska three times and never seen a bear. One moose. Several whales on our Kenai Fjords cruise and many other animals. Including mosquitoes.
J
Margaret, LOL on the mosquitos. The state bird!
nance
Love this index. Mine would have included Number Of Times I Was Offered Salmon And Received Incredulous Looks When It Was Refused– >50
J
Nance, LOL, that’s hilarious. I will say that I purposefully avoided seafood in Fairbanks, I figured it would be better closer to the ocean.
Elisabeth
Hi J!!! I am so far behind on reading posts and have to admit I just won’t be able to get back to reading everything I missed during the recent weeks of my blog being down + a ton of other “life chaos.”
But what I’ve seen of your trip looks incredible. What vistas! Everything is so big and gorgeous!
J
Yay! Elisabeth! So glad to see you here! I’m sorry you missed my Alaska adventures, there was ice cream involved in a couple of days. 🙂
Tobia | craftaliciousme
This index is so fun. If I do a big trip next time I thnk I want to have one too.
J
Awe, thanks Tobia!