City Livin'

Chocolate dipping desert frenzy at our big city home sweet home:












Our big city shepard sweet Ella puppy shepard:


When we tell Ella to sit, Boodah also sits. It's pretty funny to us.



Boodah takes it very seriously. He also likes to tell Ella what to do. (Ella, eat this one. Etc.)

Our big city winter weary rental Ford Focus:

We're upgrading to 4wd soon, now that the major storm has passed. If you think this car might not do well in snow, you're right! Big surprise! But it forces us to drive extra cautiously, without the veneer of invincibility that comes from renting a huge dodge truck like we did on days 1 and 2.

Incidentally, Alyeska got over 200 inches of new snow in the last week. As Dean the Marine would say, sick. Boppa enjoyed one of those days, with Kevin and Sean up from SF and Seattle. Of course, no pictures were taken. But it was deep and fun and perma-grin was involved.

In our first days in town, we've managed not to take many pictures. The socializing in the big city is great... hanging with Aunt Nami, Uncle Regan, Cousins Musashi and Arashi, Wade, friends from the lower 48 and Kenai (our friend Alex from law school days braved the blizzard to drive up for a visit)... long lost Bethel friends... that aspect of the big city has been great!

Of course, we are kind of weenies when it comes to traffic. 20 minutes in a car just to get to work? Yikes! Holiday shopping frenzy? Somebody shot to death downtown? All just elements of life in the fast lane. Anchorage! And a celebrity governor to boot. Yes, we are living the dream here in town.

We have to admit to missing Dutch Harbor a little bit. After all, it was 43 degrees warmer there today!