First few days in Sand Point, AK

After I spent about 20 minutes in Cold Bay, AK I then bared the plane and came to Sand Point. The planes still fly by sight so the sky has to be fairly clear for the planes to land. After I got off the plane I met my new boss David and his wife Ina. David then board the plane to head out of town for a week to a training. Ina showed me around town. Sand Point is beautiful! It is surrounded by other islands and the Alaska Peninsula so there is something to look at besides just open water. Sand Point has one paved road that starts at the airport and circles around and stops about halfway through town. There are several other roads to branch off the main road. I live off of one of these. Word has it that at one point it was paved. Sadly it currently is not and is mostly potholes. Which makes an interesting drive as you swerve to miss them. It's kind of like car slalom. They have recently built a new harbor that they are hoping will bring bigger ships into port. We have three restaurants that are opened most of the year and then another one that opens during the summer. The Harbor Cafe is similar to a, well, cafe! It overlooks the harbor and has a beautiful view. The Aleutian Chinese Restaurant is open most of the year and is actually pretty good. For a reasonable price one can find a filling meal at the Trident Seafood Company galley. Every Monday night they serve either a steak or prime rib all you can eat dinner will all the fixing for only $11. Finally there is Bozo's which is similar to the cafe but is only open in the summer. We have a good sized grocery store that is VERY expensive (more on that later), a hardware store and then Toys Plus, which is a toy store, small grocery and where you can get the cheapest cigarettes in town. And that sums up the town of Sand Point, AK.