On Thursday we landed in Anchorage, and our good fortune came in the form of two new friends, Sudevi and Ryan, who gave us their spare bedroom and a lot of their time to help us figure out basic logistics.
We were also served a delicious meal of dahl and rice, a meal we have since many times returned to in our thoughts.
Here they are, seeing us off, as we are about to board the bus that would take us to where we were to begin.