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\"carpack\"<\/a>When we came up to Alaska, Dale and I kept a shared blog. It was a fun way to chronicle a weird journey, both the drive itself and the transition to living in Alaska, which is a pretty unique place. It’s been useful to several people through the years, because they got to see what my move (driving from Pittsburgh) and Dale’s move (shipping a bunch of boxes and flying) looked like and get a sense of the pros and cons of each approach.<\/p>\n

But because we’re leaving Alaska, and because the blog’s title was “Moving to Alaska,” that doesn’t seem like the place to chronicle the trip back. Plus, I’ve lived in Charlottesville before, so there aren’t going to be that<\/em> many “new weird things” to write about: location-wise (rather than job-wise), it’s more an issue of readjusting to what I used to know than getting to know something new. (Job-wise, it’s a lot<\/em> of new, which I had already planned to chronicle here.) It’s definitely not worth making a new blog, “Moving out of Alaska,” right? ;)<\/p>\n

I have a blog right here! I’ll just use this one. I’ll be pretty slack about it, though. (Meaning, if you don’t see posts for a couple of days, I was tired or had nothing cool to report; it won’t mean that I was driven off the road, OK?) If you aren’t interested in following any of these posts, filter out everything tagged “AKtoVA,” and I’ll get back to ranting about libraries, technology, and inclusivity really soon. ;)<\/p>\n

I know from last time that I don’t stick to the plan all that well, but I vaguely recall some kind of warning in The Milepost<\/a> (which I haven’t picked up a new copy of, yet) that vacancies along the Alcan<\/a> aren’t a guarantee in August. So I split the difference and made reservations right up until the day I cross back into the US; from there, everything is an estimate, except Omaha, where I’m having dinner with friends. (* means it’s got a motel reservation or a dinner-with-friends attached)<\/p>\n

The plan:<\/h3>\n