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Medical Check - A quick
trip to Anchorage provided reassurance to Bob on
his latest follow-up exam and gave us an
opportunity to make our ritual visits to Home
Depot and Lowe's and to load up on more house
goodies. We almost aborted the trip at the
last minute when we woke up to snow, and heard
on the radio that Anchorage had a record 24" of
the white stuff.
Democratic Politics - The
Alaska Democrats held their convention on 23-25
May in Palmer, so we packed up the RV and headed
north to be observers. As Co Chair Bob has
no official role at the convention but we
thought it would be an interesting time and we
were not disappointed. At the state
caucuses on 'Super Tuesday' the selected
delegation was so lopsided in favor of Obama
that there were no intrigues or back-room deals,
but when one of our delegates changed her mind
it made state headlines! We hosted
District 35 delegates as our RV became the
remote HQ, attended meetings, listened to
speeches, schmoozed with the party leaders and
met candidates who are running for local offices
as well as the US House and Senate. We did
learn a lot and suggested some improvements to
the somewhat disorganized processes - thus
demonstrating our arrogance and inexperience.
Visit with Al - Following
the convention we caught up with Al Hills (Dr.
Alex Hills that is), Bob's college roommate and
Meg prepared a wonderful meal - fresh fish and
heaps of fresh veggies; we could feel ourselves
getting healthier as the meal progressed.
Remodeling progress -
We have declared it as DONE! The new sofa
and chairs were delivered from Anchorage and Bob
built a wall unit to house the TV, stereo, and a
few books. We are quite happy with the
results although it did leave a deep dent in our
wallets. Below are some photos, and more
can be seen at
www.fireandicelodging.com
Canada Comes Through -
Approximately ten months after our
unpleasant encounter with Canadian officials
we received a letter with the welcome news that
our appeal had been reviewed and the authorities
concurred that the seizure of our RV had been
improper, and they returned our $2000 (plus
interest). We thanked them and will be much more
careful in the future with our northern
neighbors.
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