mail

Getting mail here is a little different. Of course, everything is different, so its really not surprising, right?

The most exciting thing is UPS and FedEx. I was actually kind of curious how that works, until someone explained it to me. I don't know if you have an idea of what the runway looks like here, but I just can't see a big Boeing jet landing on our humble 3000 ft dirt runway. FedEx has several Caravans, which wouldn't have a problem landing here, but I can't imagine it would be terribly ecenomic to stop off at EVERY village in this state with a few little packages on a regular basis.

First off, the packages check in to Anchorage. They sit at their respective facilities until someone takes them to the mail carrier (Illiamna Air Taxi for us). Everything, from FedEx to US mail piles onto the mail plane and lands here every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Well, unless the weather is bad. Usually it comes the next day.

So, things get here... eventually. It takes a little extra time, but nothing has gotten lost yet!