Kilcher Family Homestead Games

This sign was not present 14 years ago when Vince lived at the Homestead. Can you see the eagle in the tree?

After three years of not being able to attend these annual homestead festivities, the Greear Family was finally able to attend this years event. We were greeted there by many friends and many opportunities to spend money on Kilcher Memorabilia.
Marina had a terrific time. She did OK at the skillet toss and didn't have patience to wait her turn at the frozen fish toss. She did come in first place at the nail pounding competition and won a delicious cookie. She was thrilled! Falcom wanted no part in the 'Run for the Coal' which is a race to the beach and back. I don't blame him. It is a steep road.

Jeff M. drove the kids on a hay bale ride. It was his birthday. He grew up right up the road. He paid to get into the games. He had to work the ride? Hum...

Mostly, I want to post these as a prelude to the next post I will do which will feature our wedding anniversary. (Click on this to check out last years Igloo-versary here) For those of you who may not realize, this is where Vince was living when he and I met.

The value in attending the Homestead Games was for us to giggle and think fondly about the days when we would meet in this cabin with Yule over seeing us. Falcom could not believe that this is where dad slept! I could not believe that they were selling t-shirts that said, "WWYD" What Would Yule Do. After a couple months with Yule, I know what he would do and it is definitely rated NFFB Not For Family Blog. I can do a great interpretation for you all someday.

The family has made this historical cabin into a museum of sorts. It honors Yule's role in Alaska's statehood. Janet and I enjoyed sitting in what used to be an honest museum to mudrooms on homesteads; a room full of boots and gear and guns. Now it has a bench and a bulletin board. It was good to get out of the rain. Vince looked on the bookshelves doggedly for a book he read when he was there, hoping to find the author because he had such great memories of it, but it was gone. I guess it was not Alaskana enough for the museum.

Speaking of children, the children loved watching Wertzie do her puppet show; The Little Bull. It was beautiful! The little bull knocked down the hedgerow! Very delightful and imagination inspiring.

Tonight we leave on four wheeler to our cabin. Thank you Kilchers for our great, funny memories of those early days!