We left Talkeetna. It wasn’t an easy decision. It really felt like home. Right before leaving we got two serious offers to stay for the winter.
The first one: to winterize somebody’s cabin in exchange for living in it for free. The con of this one was that the cabin is some 4 miles away from town and we wouldn’t have any means of transportation. Our diesel wouldn’t even start when it got really cold.
The second one: to work at a ranch in exchange for room and board. This one was interesting. Lee would be helping with building log cabins and I would be cooking and preparing the garden for the winter. We would learn a lot. We’d also have our own cabin with a wood-burning stove and the owners are vegetarian so I wouldn’t have to cook meat! BUT they are ex-missionaries and very religious and that’s definitely not our cup of tea. And they have ‘no booze’ policy. No booze? We couldn’t have a drink in the privacy of our cabin after busting our butts all day? I don’t think we could handle that.
Opuscilismy Talkeetna. Nie byla to latwa decyzja. Naprawde czulismy sie jak w domu. Tuz przed wyjazdem dostalismy dwie powazne oferty przezimowania.
Pierwsza: zabezpieczyc na zime czyjas chate w zamian za mieszkanie w niej za darmo. Minusem bylo to, ze chata jest ponad 6 km od miastaczka, a my nie mielibysmy zadnego srodka transportu. Nasz diesel nawet nie ruszylby z miejsca kiedy zrobi sie zimno.
Druga: pracowac na rancho w zamian za wikt i opierunek. Ta oferta byla interesujaca. Lee pomagalby w budowie chat z bali, a ja gotowalabym i przygotowywalabym ogrod na nadejscie zimy. Oboje nauczylibysmy sie wiele. Poza tym mielibysmy na wylacznosc chate z piecem na drewno, a w dodatku oni sa wegeterianami wiec nie musialabym gotowac miesa! ALE oni sa bylymi misjonarzami i sa bardzo religijni a to zdecydowanie nie to, co misie lubia najbardziej. I maja zasade ‘zero alkoholu’. Zero alkoholu? Nie moglibysmy wypic drinka w zaciszu wlasnej chaty, po calym dniu ciezkiej pracy? Nie sadze, ze moglibysmy z tym zyc.
I think you made a good decision!
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