![]() Both the cottage and main house have outstanding views of the water. There is also a timber-frame cottage which includes a bathroom and kitchenette. Alternative power systems, year-round gravity-fed hot and cold running water, wood and oil heat, and energy-efficient. All species of Salmon, Halibut, King and Dungeness crab and buckets of clams in the front yard. This three-bedroom home was owner-built with loving care for full-time residence. One and a half acres with salt water frontage on Funter Bay. Remote Admiralty Island, this location was Phil, Donna and family’s Alaskan home for 38 years. In the next few months we’ll be transforming the Funter Bay home site into an… “Escape to an Eco-treat”… hoping people will enjoy the experience of an Alaskan home site, off the grid, surrounded by forests, gardens, and nature where you can sleep and eat where bears, eagles, whale and otter coexist within the clean, fresh, peaceful bay. Juneau, Alaska and Paradise Cafe have been my home for ten years, and now changes are afoot. I’m so very excited to have the privilege of calling Funter Bay home. Until the next adventure, working at Paradise and enjoying each day….be well and think warm thoughts…. It is now March and spring forward day tonight and we are still having very winter weather with snow down to sea level…but in like a lion and out like a lamb, they say….looking forward to taking in the Admiralty Island Day over at Centennial Hall this after noon and pot luck tonight…. There was about 20 inches of snow on porches and roofs, during the night the roof snow let go and I thought a tree fell or an avalanche…there was over four feet of snow piled on the deck in front of the bedroom and living room windows….lots of snow fell during that day and I read and read and slept and slept, built fires, and watched the birds and martens come to the feeder….beautifully restful… Although now I know an on demand hot water heater is the way to go… No running water, everything frozen, including the hot water tank….lots to learn. Only ran the lights on the 12 volt solar power, but did turn on the propane to pan sear a beautiful piece of salmon I brought over. The wood stove didn’t take too long to heat the house. Only three days, too short, but gave me the opportunity to appreciate Funter in the grips of snow and very cold weather. It was a wonderful trip in a little sturdy float plane, think she was a Beaver…I’ll include a picture. Made one trip over in November with Alaska SeaPlanes. ![]() Hard winter set in way before I was ready for it.
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