Virtual Tour of Dillingham

Some people wanted a tour of Dillingham, and while I cannot (yet) upload a video of a tour, I can take a few pictures. So here you go, in no particular order : 

Views of the Middle / High School

The University of Alaska, Fairbanks - Bristol Bay Campus

Dillingham's only bank, and one of two national brands here.

NAPA, of course, being the other. 

The local hardware store. Look close and you will see the
McCain / Palin sign by the main entrance.

Two views looking down the main drag. 

The Dillingham Post Office, aka Alaska's version of Facebook.

The Dillingham Library and Sam Fox Museum

The Public Safety / DMV / Jail building. 

The Public hockey rink. Face it, what town is complete
without one of these?

Neqleq Variety Store. Think of it as
Dalton Humphrey's Everything Store. 

The Public Used Vehicle Lot, on the grounds of the
Public Hockey Rink. Makes sense to me.

Bristol Express. The town's one and only convenience store.
Because two blocks away is just too far to walk to get to a
grocery store. 

Dillingham's Fire Department

AC. One of two grocery stores. 

N & N. The other grocery store. 

The Muddy Rudder. I know you are thinking it's a hell
of a name for a bar. And you would be wrong.
This is a restaurant. 

Arctic Chiropractic.

City Hall

Dillingham Hotel

The Dillingham Nursing Home

The Dillingham Water Tower. We hope to be able to afford
the top of it some day. ;-)

The... not city, not county Courthouse

Another view of the Dillingham Schools Middle /
High School

Low tide. During high tide add about 20 feet of water to this.

Last, but not least, the Thai Inn. Where the menu consists
exclusively of the finest Mexican cuisine. Yep. A Thai
restaurant that serves only Mexican. I don't make the rules,
folks, I just do the reporting of them.

To your left of the main building is where our apartment is.
We should be moving in Saturday.

Photo-Pa-Looza IV

The truck has been a real blessing, enabling us to explore more and newer frontiers. These pictures are a direct result of that freedom.

Think of this as the equivalent of Mad Creek, except it rises
and falls about 12 feet, twice a day. At low tide this is mostly
just mud. 

Ok, let this be proof we really are in Dillingham. :-)

Looking down on Dillingham (part of it) from the hills surrounding it.

Telephoto lenses are amazing tools. They let you take great
pictures from a respectful distance and keeps you out of harm's way.

I would say this is probably the last pay phone in America, except...

It's not a pay phone. It's just a regular phone. Go figure. 

Now that is a fishing boat. 

Photo-pa-looza II

I discovered a little "in" joke among the citizens of Dillingham. Just to see what would happen I searched Google for "Things to Do in Dillingham". I clicked on the first link in the results page, and I was kind of puzzled to be greeted by a blank page. One of the people I work with looked and said :

"Yep. That's about right."

So aside from work (of which I have a lot), and sleep, there really isn't a whole lot else to do in Dillingham unless you have a gun, fishing tackle, boat or a snowmobile. That is, unless you have two good feet and a good camera.

Now that's a fishing boat

A small inlet leading to the bay, at low tide.

Seems like Dillingham has a ton of boats, planes, and Toyotas.
 

Now that's what I call a great job of parking.

It's not like someone will steal it. Or want to.

Dillingham High School on the left.

Even in the middle of nowhere, there's a NAPA.

Taken in the parking lot of AC, one of the two grocery stores.

Again, it's all about the fishing here. 

Looks like noon, taken about 6:00 pm.