Our estimated time of departure from Talkeetna is in three days, Thursday August 16. We will have been in AK two months, which at times feels like forever and at other times feels like only a few days. Bucky is pleased with how the building has gone and we both leave with a feeling of accomplishment. What once seemed like perhaps too big a task in too short a time has worked out as planned. We are now waiting for MEA (Matanuska Electric Association) to lay wire from their transformer to our pedestal which is wired to the cabin, throw a switch and give us power. We're still hopeful that this will occur in the next two days so we can have the satisfaction of turning on our new light fixtures. Today, Bucky is installing an exterior fuel barrel (55 gallon steel drum) on a wooden rack so we can fuel the Toyo stove inside the cabin. Down the road we may have a more sophisticated system, but for now this will be fine----- and possibly forever. We still hope to cover the outhouse with tin, but most everything that needs to be done is done.
This past weekend, we invited folks from Talkeetna, who have helped make our cabin a reality, to a cookout with Denali Brewing Company's Mother Ale on tap and caribou wieners on the grill. It was a beautiful evening which ended by seeing the first stars of Autumn as darkness arrived around 1am. With the Mother lying empty, we slid into the Greyhawk feeling lucky to know such a unique group of generous Talkeetnans.
