1 River Road
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| Type | Location |
| Address | 1 River Road |
| Open Hours | 8am to 8pm |
| Residents | George Evelyn Alex |
1 River Road holds three generations of one family under a single roof. Alex lives there with his grandmother Evelyn and his grandfather George, and the house sits southeast of Pierre's General Store, tucked in behind the Stardrop Saloon. More friendship scenes wait indoors here than in most Pelican Town homes, because Evelyn, George and Alex each have one that triggers inside, and Harvey's early scene needs George in the room as well. The front yard matters too: a tree that Alex leans against through the morning, and the Dog Pen where Dusty lives. A farmer building friendships has good reason to open this door rather than walk past it.
Area
The approach is easy to miss. The house stands on the stretch of road east of Pierre's General Store and south of the Stardrop Saloon, so most routes through town pass the front of it without the farmer ever going in.
The yard is part of the house's character. Alex stands under the tree out front through spring and fall mornings, and the Dog Pen sits beside the path to the door. He drifts over to the pen in the late afternoon whatever the season, which makes the yard a reliable place to catch him when the weather keeps everyone else indoors.
Inside, Evelyn keeps to the kitchen and the sitting room, George stays near the television in his wheelchair, and Alex uses the back bedroom. He lifts weights in there for a few hours after one in the afternoon in spring and fall, so early afternoon is the window when all three are home at once.
Residents
Evelyn and George are Alex's grandparents, and they raised him. Evelyn is the warmest villager in the valley and the easiest of the three to befriend. George is the hardest, and the house is the only sensible place to find him, since he rarely leaves it.
Alex's own routine takes him away for much of the summer, when he works at the Ice Cream Stand by the Museum, and for much of winter, when he spends the day at the Spa. Both seasons he comes home in the afternoon. On Wednesdays, while he is still only a casual friend, he calls in on Haley and Emily at 2 Willow Lane instead of staying home.
Dusty belongs to Alex, which is why the pen is where it is. Alex talks to the dog at four hearts, in a scene that plays outdoors beside the pen, and that is where the dog's name comes out.
Notes
Alex's five-heart scene needs him at home and in the house. He admits he is afraid of getting nowhere in life, and the kind answer, that everyone has things they are good at and things they are not, adds friendship. Agreeing with him costs it. His six-heart scene follows in the same room, with his doubts about going professional at gridball, and nothing to choose.
Evelyn's four-heart scene and George's six-heart scene both play indoors as well, and George is in the house nearly all day except Sundays, so his is the easier of the two to line up. Harvey's two-heart scene also fires in this house, and it needs George to be sitting there when the farmer walks in.
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