First Weeks at Home in Alaska

Rez got to see the ocean for the first time in his life. This scenic outlook is about a mile or so from our place, called the Cook Inlet.

First week of living in Alaska and it feels great!

In the first week we bought a 30' camper, purchased a Ford SuperDuty F-250 pickup, received our two pallets of structure we ordered to the property back in March, Pete earned his driver's license (I need to prove my place of residence first...long story), purchased a handgun (big enough to penetrate the hide of a grizzly, they say), found our municipal dump, built an enclosure for the generator, got a new cell phone plan, activated our PO Box, Pete fell a handful of trees, received our two pallets of packed structure shipped up from Colorado, a million trips to the grocery store and hardware store, and many more small tasks! 

Weather has been mostly sunny and warm. Our dirt road is very dusty. It down poured for about an hour and hailed for 20 minutes. We pulled the Subaru under the awning of the camper for protection. We enjoyed eating dinner in the camper with the windows down listening to the rain, thankful it finally rained!

We still haven't encountered an Alaskan moose or bear. That's OK. We are enjoying nice warm meals cooked inside the cool, mosquito-free camper. Dogs love to take naps during the day with the breeze blowing through the camper. We have accomplished so much this week and are proud! Looking forward to the progress next week.

Pete's new truck! It's a manual, so he can teach me how to drive it on our dirt roads. Pickups are very common in Alaska, surprisingly more so than in the Midwest!

Bear also enjoyed himself visiting the ocean. Lakes or oceans, he loves them all!

First tree about to come down on the property. The first of many!