Christmas Card 2021

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Across
  1. 3. What you might catch at Vagabond Blues, now but especially in 2020
  2. 5. In 2021 and with support from many incredible friends and family, Alli & Wes initiated construction of this type of mobile art gallery & studio trailer
  3. 6. This shithead state legislator calls Wasilla home
  4. 8. In 2021, Wes earned this certification with support of a scholarship from the Mat-Su Health Foundation
  5. 9. The fastest growing region in Alaska, including Alli/Wes moving there in 2013
  6. 14. 90s band that played the 2018 Alaska State Fair
  7. 17. palmer is sited on these (in part) Indigenous lands
  8. 18. The Harskins grow these giant veggies in the spirit of the State Fair (and for kraut)
  9. 19. The parking lot most likely to spark heated dinner conversation in Palmer
  10. 21. In 2021, Alli learned this outdoor skill in order to participate in an epic bachelorette party
Down
  1. 1. Name of a major protest event in 2020, hosted at the Alaska Raceway
  2. 2. New Deal families from this state were recruited to Alaska to homestead in 1935
  3. 4. In the Mat-Su, what is the #1 cure for COVID?
  4. 7. In 2021, Reesa arrived at college to 100+ degree heat and terrible air quality in Reno, NV due to wildfires raging, only to discover her dorm lacked this amenity
  5. 10. Mayor who’s not into masks, people, fluoride, and governing
  6. 11. In 2021, Alli & Wes shared a COVID-19-aversary with dear friends from this city
  7. 12. Wes’s nickname for Poppy Lane Mercantile in Palmer
  8. 13. In 2021, Reesa graduated high school and celebrated in this city
  9. 15. Place where adults who grew up in Anchorage fondly remember burning vehicles as teenagers
  10. 16. Day-after soreness known to strike after hiking a misleadingly named Palmer mountain
  11. 20. In 2021, Alli & Wes both ran this marathon in Fairbanks, AK