Housing, Moving and More

I have a place to live in King Cove. I am going to live in what one of the teachers I talked to calls Gould Land because all of the homes on that side of the lagoon are owned by Robert Gould, the chief of police in King Cove. My mom and William are going to drive with me to Anchorage this summer and then I will go on to Homer and the ferry by myself. I have come to the realization that I wil have to bring the absolute necessary stuff and then mail the rest. My dogs need food and I need clothes, but beside that we will be mailing. I have talked to two teachers there and have found out that the place I will be renting, a blue duplex with one bedroom, has a table, chairs, bed, couch, recliner, tv and dresser. I have to bring my personal stuff but at least the skeleton is there.
Having talked to the principal I have also found out that I will be the Student Government advisor as well as teaching. This means I will be taking two students to the conferences in Palmer and one in Sitka this upcoming year- which sounds like a lot of fun.
I also talked to one of the teachers that is leaving and she is telling me to bring extra tires because that is how the kids get back at you if they hate you- they slit your tires and it takes 2 days to three weeks to get new tires in. Maybe I will bring one extra tire just in case.

Travel Arrangements

So it turns out that King Cove is earthquake center on top of being one of the windiest places ever. I have been emailing back and forth with a teacher that is there now and plans to leave this year- she tells me that I need a car- so I can either bring mine or buy one of the two used cars available there.

I have decided to bring mine and in doing that I now will be driving me and my two dogs the 3500 miles across Canada and Alaska to the ferry at Homer and then trekking nearly three days by water to King Cove. It is going to be quite the adventure but I am ready for it.
I have talked to the three landlords in KC and there are three housing options.

1- The apartments downtown- they are cheap but they don't allow dogs. Close to the stores but not the school. 500 a month
2-Koso house uptown-close to the school but not the store and the family lives there in the summer so I would have to move out for that time period. Plus it is someone's house so I don't think I would be able to put my stamp on it as much. 775 plus utilities.
3-Gould rentals-across the bay so a decent drive to the school and store. There is no cable on this side of the bay so now TV- or internet I think. Plus is that I would be able to make this place my own without worrying about having to move out in the summers. 750 for a duplex and 800 for a three bedroom house- plus utilities. (I could have a hydroponic room here though).

Right now I am leaning towards the Koso house for my first year so that I can get used to the way things work in the village. I don't watch a ton of TV but it is nice to have it if there is nothing ele to do.

An Interview and the Contract

Today I got my contract for King Cove, AK. I had decided to go to Alaska to teach after teaching for four years in Minneapolis. I am excited, scared and have a ton of questions about what to expect from the town, teachers, and kids while teaching in the Aleutian Chain.

Things I have figured out so far:
-It is very windy in King Cove
-There are two ways in and out - boat (hours and hours) and plane (15 very scary minutes)
-The town is small but very well balanced with all different people
-People bring cars but you can do without it if you need to
-There is a lot of wildlife and the town borders a refuge

Here is a picture of the town I found on google images- I wonder where the school is and where I will live?