The View from the Outhouse

Hello friends, I looked back through my posts and realized that I hadn’t checked in for about a year. We are still kicking.

The cabin is still coming along. We can see the light at the end of the tunnel. The metal siding is up, the Trex is on the front porch, the new woodshed is stacked full of wood.

Last year I decided being retired is too much work so I took a part time job flying. It gets me out of the house and lets me see some places that I have only flown over at the airline. I’ve been to Valdez, Cordova, Sitka, King Salmon, and Kodiak in Alaska. Many trips to Boeing Field in Seattle. It was exciting to go to Yellowknife, NWT and Iqaluit, Nunavut Territory, ending up about 300 miles from Greenland. It’s a great job, beats working.

I had to work pretty hard doing cabin things for a few weeks to get a kitchen pass to escape on the helicopter to Wolf Lake. I’m going to be gone about a month so Kari and Thor are holding the fort down. The good news is when I fly back out in the helicopter I can bring fresh food for the holidays and presents. From the amount of stuff I’ve collected I may need two helicopters.

Life isn’t all skittles and beer. While in town I bit into a Hershey Kiss and broke a front tooth. It couldn’t be repaired and had to be pulled. Pretty good I got to be a jack o lantern for Halloween. I guess chocolate is bad for me after all.

The latest news is that we held the Silty Slough election yesterday to beat the rush. Mayor Cooper won once again. Teddy is making noise about term limits. Our population is 6. Kari, Thor, myself, Cooper, Teddy, and Oden the cat. Piper passed away earlier but was still somehow able to vote. We received about 5000 mail in ballots voting for Kamala but they were disqualified because the mail plane arrived too late. We had a wolf, a moose, several coyotes, two eagles, a fox, and a couple ravens come up from the southern border of the slough but were turned away since they didn’t have ID. So Mayor Cooper’s political machine once again won by a landslide. He is talking about appointing Kamala dog catcher but she may not be qualified. The garbage collector position will be open since we have a lot of garbage and deplorables residing here.

Watch for an announcement from Mayor Cooper. His website is going to be selling FEMA tee shirts with their motto “Too little, too late” on them.

It’s time to have a nap to be rested for the election results. I’m in Seattle, flying, better than being in Portland where they could burn the place down.

Vote early and often. Stay safe and stay out of Walmart.

I hope everyone has a great day!!

Thank you Lord for watching over us.

I’ll be in touch.

Blue skies!!