The house is down to piles of boards! Boards with all the nails pulled, too. It feels like we have made progress this week. Some of the materials aren’t good for much besides building a chicken house or something, but we managed to salvage some floor joists and other boards that are actually good enough to use in our new house!
We have been meeting more and more neighbors, and so far that has been a relatively good experience. Moondog came over to say hello, puttering in on his little lawn mower tractor. The next day he was back, and the day after that. He seems like a lonely person who needs someone to talk to. We fed him lunch on Wednesday and he spent the rest of the afternoon helping Andy pull nails out of boards.
Some other neighbors, Richard Reynolds and his family, showed us around their place and gave lots of helpful information for Alaska living. Richard was born and raised here in Alaska. They also sent us home with three big slabs of fresh caught King Salmon. We fried it up for supper in some butter and it tasted amazing!
Last night we went across the road to say hello to our neighbors there. Kevin and Tessie are the closest neighbors we have, and they are definitely a treasure trove of useful information and advice. They have a small homestead with a flock of sheep and chickens. They invited us over for pizza and fresh apple pie and we played some fiddle and guitar music for them after supper.
It has been good to get to know some of the people in our neighborhood, and I hope we can become friends.
I am looking forward to meeting you too! It's hard to get away with the motorhome being our only vehicle, but if you get a chance to pop down to our area that would be so cool to finally meet!
Enjoying your blog, Tabitha, and can't wait until I can get down your way to say hello and welcome you to our wonderful state that you are learning MUCH about. 🙂 You are doing well if you are getting to meet your neighbors as most folks, like you, are trying to get LOTS done this time of year.
We have a friend getting married in your area today — which I am unable to attend, so hoping the weather holds out for them and you as summer is short with lots happening during the warmer and longer days of this time of year. Summer Solstice is on Tuesday, so there is usually lots of events happening if you are all looking for a break from work — whether Homer or Soldotna/Kenai direction.
I'll be down that way for the fishing season within the next week, so will try to slip away when I can between responsibilities with the crew and commercial fishing schedule. Looking forward to meeting with you all!!! and giving you a family hug!