Lisa Chadwell:  

Well we have done allot of moving since we were married in 1976. I will start with the last few years. Gary & I lived in Southern California from 1986 till 1995. We lived in the Mojave desert. Gary for those of you who did not know, he was an Air Traffic controller for the F.A.A. . We then moved to Alaska in 1995 and lived in Anchorage till 2002. While in Anchorage we were very involved with the American Legion. We then decided to move 2 days after his retirement to King Salmon Alaska. That was in 2002. He started to work as an Air Traffic Controller out there in King Salmon, Alaska. He then became the Manager out there. While out there we had learned allot of the alaskan native skills. He did allot of trapping and hunting & I had learned allot of crafts and skills. Some of which were, river grass basket weaving, ivory carving, antler carving, quilting, and continued my hand throwing pottery. While I was also out there I became a substitute teacher. I also taught in the native community center. I taught polar fleece blanket tieing. The community is a very small one. The only way in or out was on Alaska Air or Penn Air. Our foods had to be ordered either by phone or on the computer. We had brown bears or what some people may call grizzlies. But there,is a...Expand for more