This week, Haines had its first big cruise ship of the season. Hundreds of people walk off the ship and come into town to shop, go on tours, see wildlife. I imagine they get a big kick out of it.
I was riding my bike through town to go home for lunch or something, and I noticed that I was in the background of someone’s video shot. I think he was filming the mountains. I can just imagine them looking at the video, with narration characterized by the inflection only squinting through a viewfinder can bring… “Well, here we are in Haines, Alaska… [panning slowly from the mountains down to street level] ... Those were the mountains, look at them go! And those are some trees, and there’s the street. And that guy in the blue shirt, that’s a real live Alaskan…” [They shut off the camera and go look for a moose giving birth so they can film it.]
I’ve often wondered how many videos and photo albums I’ve shown up in. Seriously, we must all at one time in our lives been in the background of other people’s vacation …
Read more…
We offered, they counter-offered, we accepted.
Today, I went to the inspection of our new home, and it passed with flying colors! This house was built in 1912, yet there are surprisingly few things wrong with it. Pretty much the only thing we need to do is get a stopper for the bathtub and replace the water heater.
This house buying stuff invigorates and exhausts me. I wish Anna could be here for it, as that makes this harder for me. More stressful. I took mucho pictures of the houses I was looking at, uploading them for her. Thank goodness for iphoto.
;o)
I fly back to Alaska at 7am tomorrow morning. I look forward to being home, while at the same time, leaving our new house behind.
A few details about our new house: It’s less than a mile from my office, has three bedrooms, one bathroom.
Garage, Yard, Fence: Check, Check, Check.
We close on the house June 15th, between now and then is paperwork and details.
Yes indeed, I’m back in Denver. After pretty successful trip to Colorado, an offer on a house (they declined), and a few weeks back in Alaska trying to decide on a different house, I return to Colorado. The hunt has begun anew.
We’re glad our first offer was turned down. After all this hunting, we feel we are kind of just zeroing in on what we really want.
We want
What We Don’t Want
We are refining both lists.
Today I sit in a café in Denver called Paris on the Platte. Free wireless, in-house-roasted coffee, and the music from Bleu playing in the background.
Update
We made an offer on a home. …
Read more…
Sea lions. Truly a society without manners. The creatures make the most uncouth sounds and tend to lie around, crawling over each other, biting one another if it suits them.
On Tuesday, after my radio show, we went with Matt and Holly, along with their young one, Mark, to go experience the sea lions. We hopped in Matt’s boat, armed with cameras and crackers (in case we get stranded) and rode on out to the rocks where they hang out (the sea lions, not Matt and Holly).
I’m so glad we went, as it was an amazing experience. Sea lions are very cool creatures, despite their tendency to smell bad and bite each other. They make a sound not unlike a pre-teenaged boy belching. Now imagine 200 pre-teenaged boys belching. You get the idea.
On the way back, we saw hundreds of ducks, a killer whale and a half dozen bald eagles. Wow.
All articles on this site are licenced under the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike license. All design, code, etc are All Rights Reserved.
Icons by iconbuffet and FAMFAMFAM.
Be Good Not Bad is all about really good web design, based on the utmost respect for web standards, accessibility and respect for the user. Based in Denver, Colorado, Be Good Not Bad is run by Brian Warren, freelance designer, blogger, homebrewer and coffee nut.
