No restaurants? No problem - Woman flies 200 miles for takeaway
A woman who lives in one of the world's most remote villages with no shops or restaurants flew 200 miles to pick up a takeaway.
Salina Alsworth, 25, has lived in Port Alsworth, Alaska, US, her whole life - after her great grandparents, Babe and Mary Alsworth, moved there in the 1940s.
The only way to get to the village is by small aircraft as there are no roads, no supermarkets, no hospitals or pubs and the nearest city, Anchorage, is an hour away.
It has a population of just 186, which increases to around 400 during the tourist season.
Salina's family run the Lake Clark Resort which sees hundreds of visitors flock to the beauty spot every year.
Salina's husband, Jared Richardson, 23, a fishing guide, was one of the many tourists who visit the village.
The pair met while Jared was working on the resort where he will be relocating.
Salina Alsworth, 25, has lived in Port Alsworth, Alaska, US, her whole life - after her great grandparents, Babe and Mary Alsworth, moved there in the 1940s.
The only way to get to the village is by small aircraft as there are no roads, no supermarkets, no hospitals or pubs and the nearest city, Anchorage, is an hour away.
It has a population of just 186, which increases to around 400 during the tourist season.
Salina's family run the Lake Clark Resort which sees hundreds of visitors flock to the beauty spot every year.
Salina's husband, Jared Richardson, 23, a fishing guide, was one of the many tourists who visit the village.
The pair met while Jared was working on the resort where he will be relocating.
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00:00 with my takeout 200 miles to a remote Alaska village to have dinner with my fiance.
00:04 Fiance and I live 200 miles away from the nearest store. I just so happened to be in Anchorage the
00:08 past four days for work. I was flying home and wanted to bring something special, so I got some
00:12 Olive Garden takeout. My cousin flew me home. My uppa, my grandfather, was also on board.
00:17 We flew through Lake Clark Pass. Oh my gosh, it was absolutely beautiful. This turquoise water,
00:22 that's Lake Clark, and it's the sign that we're almost home. Also, look how glassy, calm Lake
00:28 Clark is. When I flew to Anchorage on Monday, my goodness, it was one of the most turbulent flights
00:32 I've been on in a long time. The flight was just a little over an hour, and here's the sped up
00:37 version of our landing. I also mentioned it's all gravel strips. We have no paved runways here.
00:42 They're all privately owned. Anyways, I got to tag along on a freight flight, so this was full of
00:46 just freight. It's my cousin Sam. He's unloading it all, but it was all worth it because my fiance
00:51 and I had the best Olive Garden dinner date on our porch. Well worth the airplane ride.
00:57 I get the question all the time, "How do you get big items when you live in a remote Alaska village
01:02 that is only accessible by airplane?" Not just any airplane, but small airplane. Depending on what it
01:06 is, it can still fit on our aircraft. Like, look at this boat that they're putting into the plane.
01:11 I have seen four-wheelers and snow machines, couches, ovens, fridges, and freezers. All of
01:17 those types of items come off our airplanes, but for anything bigger, honestly, it needs to come
01:22 by barge, which it does take a lot longer because it has to come out of Homer and goes on three
01:26 different barges before it actually gets here. But that's how we get some larger items.
01:29 Let's get ready for a 6 a.m. departure on our resort in remote Alaska. I was at the resort a
01:50 little after 5 and was greeted by my parents' cat. Tours normally depart around 8 o'clock or 9.
01:55 Sometimes we leave at 6 a.m. to beat the crowds at Brooks because it's the busy season. Sometimes
02:00 there's hours wait to get on the platform. I enjoyed the view because there was no fog.
02:05 First morning without fog in actually a long time, maybe about a week actually.
02:10 Clients get sack breakfast and sack lunch today, and for breakfast we made breakfast burritos and
02:15 blueberry muffins, and they all had to be ready by 5.45 this morning. I went down to the bay to
02:21 go see them off. Oh my goodness, it was absolutely gorgeous down there. Dad is the pilot taking this
02:26 group out this morning, and he won't be back till about dinner time tonight. I tell people all the
02:31 time one of the benefits of staying at our resort is that we're the middle ground between Anchorage
02:35 and Brooks Camp, which means that we get there a lot earlier than a lot of the other people do,
02:40 especially when we're leaving at 6 a.m. Again, sometimes it's a two to three hour wait to get
02:45 onto the platforms to see the bears.