Arrival

Where was I. awww. yes.. the arrival. I can remember getting off the ferry, and seeing her Mom for the first time. I think at first she was a little apprehensive with everything, which is understandable, but her warm heart soon would not let her be cold for too long. I loved her native accent, I can still hear her voice in my head, and it makes me smile. Well, we jumped into the jeep and went towards their home, about a 40 min. trip. During this ride, little awkward, long-story short it was a reiteration of the house rules (refer to last blog).
We finally made it to the house, and this place was awesome. A big ole house whose view overlooked a little outlet. Here they canoed, fished, and set traps for crab etc. Not much as far as grass but breathtaking to see fish out of your window in the morning. Just thinking about it makes me miss it. Generally, the weather is mild (50-60's, rainy). I remember when it reached 80 one day, everyone acted like it was unbelievable and busted out the sun tan lotion. I can say that when it did reach these extreme temperatures the AK can not be matched as far as beauty, but back to the story.
I think I won June's heart when I unwrapped my longed spoiled produce that I had brought for them. She smiled at the gesture, even though they could not enjoy it. I must now comment on her family. Her family had been there ever since the town began. A main street in Craig was named after her grandfather, which was in it self cool. So she had a whole bunch of uncles/aunts/cousins, etc. in the town, and what was really cool is that they were all close. A very close knit, loving family...unlike mine. It made me want a big ole family.. there was just so much love from the Grandparents on down, and they all welcomed me like I had been there all along. I believe it started with Carly's grandparents, they were the most amazing, genuinely nice people that I have ever met. They even offered me sea weed, a delight that I would not accept again..lol To give you some idea of how these genuine these people were, they asked about me years afterwards, long after most people forget, or don't care.
That brings me to Carly's Dad, Boomer. This guy reminded me of Bam Bam Bingalo, the former wrestler, which was ironic because he called me muscle beach..lol. He was very rugged, which I guess complimented June's calm demeanor well. Anyway, he was very strict at first, but later I believed he liked having a male in the house because he lived with 4 woman (Carly, June, Cammie, and Jill). It was like having a son that he never had, at least a male companion..lol.. Anyway, not feeling well right now.. write more later.