The beginning of May

This blog should actually have been titled interesting stuff around Bethel!  We finally got our car up and running again, now that the gas line won't freeze anymore and it was so great to be able to get around on our own steam without having to pay a taxi!

The cost of fruit here is outrageous!  Apples normally cost $3-something a pound, but last week, they were on sale for $1.75 a pound so we stocked up!  The bananas were on sale too!  I was so excited I slightly overdid it, so we ended up eating alot of fruit for the next week.

 Our library and cultural center, and kind of the center of town.  This is where they have the plays, the Saturday markets, the banquet dinners, pretty much everything.

 The cost of internet here is insane!  We have the largest internet package, which costs around $100-ish a month.  However, we're limited to how many gigs we can use AND if we go over, they can charge $20 per gig up to $460.  And unfortunately, since Jeff got his kindle at Christmastime, we've gone over numerous times because it has to download and it's so frustrating because we haven't been able to completely figure it out.  We even gave up netflix trying to figure out where we were going wrong.  This picture is Jeff trying to get WIFI at the hospital! LOL

 Then we went to fill up the car and had to show everyone how much we pay for gas!  The only fortunate part is that we only drive about 5 or so miles each day to work and back.  And most of the places we might have to stop at are on the way between work and home.

 The gas storage tanks just off the river.  When the barges come in to deliver gas, this is where it goes.

 We got 6 and 1/4 gallons...

 This building is across from the actual hospital; it has the executives offices, HR, the gym, the eye clinic and the dental clinic.

 This is a hotel on the river, which is behind me.

 The tripod!  Everyone has their tickets for the break-up of the river.  They started around last week and go up into June.  It got alot cooler this week which might have slowed it down a little, but I think the break-up is coming pretty soon.  SAR and told people that it's unsafe to be on the river now, but some people still walk on it, or ride their snowmobiles on it.  Kind of risky, I think.  I wasn't willing to be on it until the dead of winter when I know it's frozen solid and I can't fall through!

 The other view of the fuel tanks.

 HELLO!!!