Eric and Janna with all of our food from Costco.
I love Costco!
We shipped over 800 pounds of food and supplies to Bethel.
Janna, Eric and I were in town together - so we met up for some serious grocery shopping. Grocery shopping is very challenging now that we live in the bush. There are grocery stores in Bethel, but the food is so expensive and the quality is terrible. Eric and I only buy milk and eggs in Bethel. (And that costs 12 dollars!) Everything else we buy when we go to Anchorage. This takes a lot of discipline. I'm so use to buying anything when ever I need to. Now, I must wait for about 2 months between shopping trips. It was really hard to adjust to at first, but now I just have to deal with it. I get pretty stressed out when I go to town. I'm fine for the first few days, but as the trip winds down, I get sad that I'm heading back, and I start to panic about leaving the city behind. It's hard to explain, but believe me - living in the bush is not for wimps.
Janna, Eric and I were in town together - so we met up for some serious grocery shopping. Grocery shopping is very challenging now that we live in the bush. There are grocery stores in Bethel, but the food is so expensive and the quality is terrible. Eric and I only buy milk and eggs in Bethel. (And that costs 12 dollars!) Everything else we buy when we go to Anchorage. This takes a lot of discipline. I'm so use to buying anything when ever I need to. Now, I must wait for about 2 months between shopping trips. It was really hard to adjust to at first, but now I just have to deal with it. I get pretty stressed out when I go to town. I'm fine for the first few days, but as the trip winds down, I get sad that I'm heading back, and I start to panic about leaving the city behind. It's hard to explain, but believe me - living in the bush is not for wimps.
Janna and I had our lists for Wal-mart and Costco. We each filled a cart at Wal-mart, then headed to Costco. Eric and I decided to make a big food/supply purchase, so we filled 2 carts. Now for the crazy part - getting everything ready to ship to the bush. Luckily, Eric gets a discount on Northern Air Cargo (NAC). This has been a godsend. We ship anything and everything. We first must put all of the frozen food into boxes. I freeze everything - yogurt, butter, meat, cheese, veggies, fruits, etc. We then put all of the dry items in totes or boxes. NAC puts all the boxes on pallets, we pay, and a few days later - it's like Christmas. We have all sorts of goodies. I love having a full pantry and freezer!
I have to laugh at the white truck we were driving. Janna was in town for some training, and since she works for the troopers, that was the car they gave her. I guess a few weeks ago, the troopers did a drug bust, and this was the truck they seized from that bust. It was a low-rider, and we were freaking out that we would get noticed with that thing. It was hysterical.
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