A Little Rain Must Fall

We've been in Anchor Point, Alaska for one week now. Time is passing quickly. We have used the last few days to adapt to the time, weather, and light changes in our new surrounding and enjoy spending time with family and friends. It's been a balance mixed of pleasure and getting down to the business of starting a new life. We've hit a few more glitches here and there, but overall things continue to be falling into place according to some master plan we aren't neccessarily privy too. The first line of business was to secrue a car and a place to leave once school starts. I had gotten an email from my new principal in June with information about a gentleman who was looking for someone to house sit. I gave the guy a call and it looked like we were set with a house only two miles from school. Wednesday, we decided to take the 60 mile drive to check things out, so I called the guy up to confirm our meeting. He then informed me that he decided to let someone else take the house because they had a family. Who am I to argue with that? But...he wanted us to come up anyway because there was a cabin available for rent. We drove up there and met Harold and Christine. This nice couple gave us a warm greeting and told us that the owner of the cabin was not going to be able to meet with us that day. GLITCHES! We spent the next two hours touring the development they had 'hand-selected'. We ended the tour at a cabin they were working on. Hearing that Rick was a finished carpenter that liked to putz, they presented us with the idea of our moving in the cabin and finishing it over the winter. Ahh . . .there is hope. We left thinking about how all that would work out and decided to take them up on it. Three days later, we were dip-netting (next post) up in Kasilof, and decided to stop by and show Sarah and Jesse the place. Our kind-hearted couple greeted us with the news that Harold had "spoke out of turn" as the place most likely would not be closed in nor winterized. Back to square one . . . So, I put an ad in Craigslist and am looking in local papers. There's nuttin' honey. Yet. Again, we do have options; A wall tent, a 60 mile commute. The good news is that we did find a car. It's a Blazer, the back seats fold down and could fit an air-mattress . . . Oh yeah, let's not forget about the lady with the cabin that didn't want to meet. I spoke with her the other day. It sounds like having a renter was more Harold's idea than hers, but I haven't gotten a firm no . . . yet. Stay turned to see how this one turns out.