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I am so tired. It probably has something to do with the craziness that has been our life these last few days. We camped on the spit in Homer for 2 nights. The first night it rained (after we were asleep thankfully) and the the second night it was cold and rainy. Both nights the sun went to bed after I did, probably somewhere around 11 ish, and woke up long before I did. It's hard to sleep when it's broad daylight, you're in a tiny tent with a 10 year old and it feels like October in August.
The ferry ride from Homer to Kodiak was incredible. It took and incredibly long time (around 2.5 hours) to get everyone loaded on and off the ferry. The ride it self was incredibly long (9.5 hours). And the scenery was incredibly beautiful. We saw at least 6 different whales doing tricks out of the water. It was amazing. People spend tons of money to see the whales, puffins and magestic mountain covered islands we saw. Luke made a new friend on the ferry. Well, a couple of the actually. Tucker is the one who spoke English and lives on Kodiak. The other boys were Russian Orthodox I think.
Our new house is huge by Alaska standards. And if you can see past the fake wood paneling is pretty nice. It came complete with washer, dryer, dish washer, microwave, couch, love seat, over sized chair and ottoman, 2 "made" queen sized beds, lots of kitchen stuff, kitchen table and chairs, 2 desks and dresser and a fully outfitted bathroom. Luke walked in and right away asked if we could live here for 2 years. Unfortunately the only view we have is of the back of a bank, and a restaurant, but that's what you get for the convenience of being "down town". We are fortunate to have any place at all, mush less one we really like, there is at least 1 new teacher staying with another teacher right now because there are no open apartments anywhere.
Oh I forgot- the best part of this house (besides the washer, dryer and dishwasher) is the "sun room" (not that Kodiak ever really gets any decent amount of direct sun light). It's this huge empty room that's aleast 12x15. It has 7 oversized windows on 3 sides of the room. SOOOOO if any one ever wants to visit no hotel room would be needed. We have plenty of space.
Today was the 5th sunny day this summer, so we spent the better part of the afternoon driving to the end of the road and back. Actually we just visited the end of 1 of the 2+ (one road "y"s at one point) roads that lead out of the city. The road we were on went past a few WWII bunkers, some fabulous fishing spots, black sand beaches and some of the most breath taking views imaginable. Stupid me forgot the camera. It ended at the 2nd biggest rocket launch facility in the U.S. Betcha didn't know we had one of those. !!
Better Go- Luke wants blue berry muffins. Maybe next time I'll make muffins with the salmon berries we have growing behind our house.