Our Family: Cool Alaska Factoid

Sunday, May 10, 2009

Cool Alaska Factoid

I see that Jenn put some cool Alaska facts on the sidebar, so I decided to post a picture to give people an idea of just how big the state is.

At the bottom of the image it says:
Alaska: 663,267 SQ miles
Texas, California, Montana: 567,264 SQ miles

If it were possible to drive the western most islands to the eastern leg of Alaska, it would be the equivalent of driving from San Fransisco, CA to Jacksonville, FL.

How's that for perspective?

5 comments:

Meg said...: Sweet. Alaska is cool and big.; May 11, 2009 at 3:09 PM
Amanda said...: Wow. I knew it was big, but I didn't realize how big!; May 11, 2009 at 5:24 PM
The Fifes said...: Whoa. That is huge!! I had no idea...; June 7, 2009 at 9:41 PM
kiddle97 said...: Oh my land!; June 20, 2009 at 11:27 AM
kiddle97 said...: And when I said "oh my land" I really wasn't intending to make a pun. But it fits!; June 20, 2009 at 11:27 AM

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Our Life, Chronologically

28 October 2000 Married, LA Temple
21 March 2001 Derek joins Army and arrives at Fort Jackson, SC
1 June 2001 Derek arrives at Fort Huachuca, AZ for training
June 2001 Jenn completes 3rd year of teaching
2 July 2001 Jenn moves to Sierra Vista, AZ
19 September 2001 Jonathan Marshall is born (Sierra Vista, AZ)
November 2001 Derek completes military training
January 2002 Family moves onto Fort Huachuca, AZ
20 December 2002 Janina Grace is born (Sierra Vista, AZ)
19 January 2004 Michael Stanley is born (in the van)
2 March 2005 Jenn and kids move to Duchesne, UT
6 March 2005 Derek arrives at Fort Benning, Georgia
March 2005 Derek arrives in Tampa Bay, Florida
April 2005 Jenn and kids spend 3 weeks in Florida
3 September 2005 Derek arrives in UT
12 September 2005 David Jeffrey is born (Roosevelt, UT)
17 September 2005 Derek returns to AZ
10 October 2005 Family returns to Sierra Vista, AZ
9 June 2006 Family leaves Arizona
21 June 2006 Family arrives in Korea
17 July 2007 Family leaves Korea
17 August 2007 Family arrives in Norman, OK
20 August 2007 Derek begins Masters Degree at University of Oklahoma
16 June 2008 Naomi Nadine is born (Norman, OK)
15 May 2009 Derek commissions as a 2nd lieutenant in the US Army
26 May 2009 Derek leaves for Military Training at Ft. Sill, OK
--Jenn and kids head to Utah
16 July 2009 Derek goes for more training at Ft. Sam Huston, TX
26 September Jenn, DJ, and Naomi pick Derek up from Ft. Sam
29 October family arrives at Ft. Wainwright, AK
05 January 2011 Daniel Roy is borne
12 May 2011 Derek leaves for Afghanistan
26 May 2011 Jenn the kids and Lil heads to Utah for Roy and Tiffany's wedding
16 July Jenn, kids, and Lil return to Alaska