And the traveling continues...

Thursday - Sunday:
We get up, get ready, pack up the car, check out of the hotel, and head to the airport. This was where our day started to go south. We arrive at the airport and Andrew checks our car while I wait outside with the boys for them to have time out of their crates before flying. Now we head in to check Amo and our bags. When we got there, we were told that Rupert could not be carried onto the plane cause the type of plane we were flying does not allow room for carry-ons (despite having talked to 4 different people to confirm that he would be able to go as carry-on). Also he is not allowed to fly in a soft-sided carrier. So after just checking our car, Andrew has to go get a taxi and go back into town and buy another crate for Rupert. He gets back and we wait until right when we have to board to check Rupert. After doing this then we are told that there will be a delay and they don’t know how long it will be. I am told I have to wait until they are done loading a plane until someone can let me in to retrieve Rupert (which they are supposed to do as soon as I request it because of a delay). While we are waiting for the other plane to be loaded, we meet the guy from the School District that hired me (Tim)and talk to him some about the district and what to expect when we get to Fort Yukon. Finally we are able to get Rupert and I take him outside to let him relax before I have to put him in his crate again. As I am coming in the plane arrives at the gate and off Rupert goes to be put in the crate again. They load the plane with all the cargo that is being sent to Fort Yukon on this flight as well as our bags and dogs. They we are allowed on the plane. I sit back next to where Rupert is in hopes that I can keep him a little calmer. Rupert is a mess for about the first 25 minutes of the flight and then finally calms down enough to not kill our eardrums anymore.

We arrive in Fort Yukon and are taken to the school district office by Tim. He introduces me to several of the employees in the district office and then works to find us a ride to what is supposed to be our new home. We arrive at this house only to find out that the owner still is not out of the house herself and that there are more repairs to the home that need to be done than originally thought. Needless to say we decided to not take the house. So we begin the housing search all over. In the meantime, we were able to stay at the Vocational Education Center in the “apartment.” The only catch is that we were not to use the kitchen. New friends that we made during this time came to our rescue both Thursday and Friday by feeding us dinner.

Then Saturday came and life turned upside-down again. We finally found a house (we lucked out and found a very nice house that we are both really pleased with). The only problem was that we are not able to move in until the 20th. No problem, we still had a place to stay until then, but then we were told that we were no longer able to stay at the Voc Ed cause there is a district policy that no pets are allowed into district housing. Luckily another staff member came to our rescue this time and is allowing us to stay with her (dogs and all) until we are able to move into our house.

We are sooooo grateful for the wonderful friends that we have made that have made a bad situation better and more tolerable! The staff in the district is already turning out to be a tight knit group despite the fact that many of us just met.