Our Home

Seriously, once we were actually in Juneau, we didn't have a plan.  All of our planning abilities had been used up just in getting there.  Juneau was a much easier place for us to move to, as opposed to Anchorage or somewhere smaller.  At least we have friends and family here.
But we did not have a plan.
Okay, we did, but it focused only on getting some coffee that didn't taste like ferries.

Luckily, the first person we dropped in on said (after she was fully awake), "of course you can stay for as long as you need to.  And you can let your cats out of their tiny boxes."
We stayed there for a week and a half, which seemed like forever, especially to Ernie and the cats, but in retrospect it wasn't that long.

And then we moved into the place we are staying now.  This is the same place that was offered to Ernie as we were driving through Washington, it just took awhile for the details to get worked out.

It is a beautiful one bedroom on the top floor of a house.  Underneath us is mostly a garage, and a tiny efficiency (studio) where someone else lives.  And laundry.  Yay!!
It is far and away the most grown-up of any place we have lived, except my parents house.  It has wood floors and nice furniture, and almost everything works.
And it is reasonably priced, by Juneau standards. 
It is close to my work, but remote enough that we can barely see the houses of our next door neighbors.

So here is the grand tour:

                                                  This is the driveway coming into the house.
                                         

                              The house from the front.  The french doors on the balcony go to our
                                                 living room (left) and bedroom (right).

                                                                      The kitchen.

                                                The left (port) half of the living room.

                     The other half of the living room.  You can see our new cat sleeping on the couch.
                                           Her name is Funnyface.  She came with the place.
                                                         My cats don't love her yet.

          The view out the side windows of our living room.  You can see houses through there.  Kinda.

                                                                     Our back deck.

And the view of our backyard.  Most of the brush you see are blueberry plants, and there is a good sized duck (mosquito) pond just beyond.  This means we hear ducks quacking at all hours, at least in the summer.



So that's where we live now.  I forgot to take pictures of the bedroom, but I will get those soon.