I am off to work this morning and despite the fact that I was up a bit late last night, actually feel pretty good. I may not be so chipper by the end of my 12 hour shift but, we will see!!
I am finally home and all in all, had a pretty good shift which included a fire drill today!! Good thing it was a drill cause we sure needed to brush up on a few areas. I guess that is why we have them!!
John put up some of the fence boards today and now there are three more sections of the fence done. Slowly, it is getting completed.
The start of the Canadian Football League regular season games is tonight and it was half time when I got home from work. I managed to catch the last half of the game and that was how we spent the evening.
John mentioned that Casey and Cody had stopped by on their way to the lake for the long weekend and were loaded with several boxes of liquid refreshments so I imagine they will be having fun all weekend. Hopefully they all stay safe!!
Once the game was over, it was time for bed. John was watching some movie when I got to bed and I was asleep long before it was over. Tomorrow is supposed to be another nice day so I should really make a trip into Spiritwood to purchase a few more fence boards so that we can get all of them here and the wood part of the fence done. I had better phone first to see if the lumber yard got more in as we have pretty much emptied their stock pile!!
With that thought in mind, I bid you good night.
Friday, June 28, 2013
Wednesday, June 26/2013
It rained most of the night and now the sun is trying desperately to shine. The sky looks a bit suspicious for rain but I will keep my fingers crossed hoping that the sun wins today's battle.
I headed over to the home this morning to get some blood work that I have been putting off for a while now. It required me to be fasting so today was a good day to do that.
With that done, I am free for the morning and really should get into gear as far as the garden weeding goes but the ground is so darn wet that I think I may have to wait a bit so will make coffee and read my book.
The "hoola hoe" that I brought back from Arizona is the most awesome tool for the garden and I have put it to good use again today. My garden looks awesome.
We built another section of fence today and now all the cross bars are up so all that remains are the fence boards. We have a few left from the second lift we had delivered but we will still need more.
We have got so many compliments about the fence that I am rather stunned as it caused so much controversy when we started it last year. Small town silliness!!
Dave stopped over just in time for happy hour and since the fence was done for the day, John and I sat outside with Dave enjoying a cold beer and admiring our handy work.
Shirley joined us when she got home from work and brought two "coffee can" bird houses with her. I had phoned her earlier for them. John had seen them in her store when he was there the last time and since he forgot to cut off two of the 4x4 fence posts, we decided to leave them tall and stick the birdhouses on them. I think it will look cool and I know the birds will appreciate them.
Shirley also brought parts home for their sump pump since they are still battling water in their basement and of course they were the wrong fitting so now they have to get up throughout the night to manually start the pump. Man, what a headache but it sounds like many of the houses in this town have water in their basements. There has just been too much rain!!
With Dave and Shirley's departure home, John started a fire and we sat around it until supper was cooked and it was time to head to bed. I have to work in the morning so that kind of sucks when I feel like sitting and enjoying the fire a bit longer. Oh well, there will be plenty more fires to sit around.
With that thought in mind, I am off to bed. Goodnight!!
I headed over to the home this morning to get some blood work that I have been putting off for a while now. It required me to be fasting so today was a good day to do that.
With that done, I am free for the morning and really should get into gear as far as the garden weeding goes but the ground is so darn wet that I think I may have to wait a bit so will make coffee and read my book.
The "hoola hoe" that I brought back from Arizona is the most awesome tool for the garden and I have put it to good use again today. My garden looks awesome.
We built another section of fence today and now all the cross bars are up so all that remains are the fence boards. We have a few left from the second lift we had delivered but we will still need more.
We have got so many compliments about the fence that I am rather stunned as it caused so much controversy when we started it last year. Small town silliness!!
Dave stopped over just in time for happy hour and since the fence was done for the day, John and I sat outside with Dave enjoying a cold beer and admiring our handy work.
Shirley joined us when she got home from work and brought two "coffee can" bird houses with her. I had phoned her earlier for them. John had seen them in her store when he was there the last time and since he forgot to cut off two of the 4x4 fence posts, we decided to leave them tall and stick the birdhouses on them. I think it will look cool and I know the birds will appreciate them.
Shirley also brought parts home for their sump pump since they are still battling water in their basement and of course they were the wrong fitting so now they have to get up throughout the night to manually start the pump. Man, what a headache but it sounds like many of the houses in this town have water in their basements. There has just been too much rain!!
With Dave and Shirley's departure home, John started a fire and we sat around it until supper was cooked and it was time to head to bed. I have to work in the morning so that kind of sucks when I feel like sitting and enjoying the fire a bit longer. Oh well, there will be plenty more fires to sit around.
With that thought in mind, I am off to bed. Goodnight!!
Wednesday, June 26, 2013
Tuesday, June 25/2013
Well, we had one good day of sunshine and now we are back into the heavy skies and the threat of rain. God only knows, we sure haven't had enough of that!!
I got a call from one of the girls at the home today reminding me that I had a three hour inservice to attend this afternoon and it is a good thing she called as I would have totally forgot about it. I was going to go and start some weeding in Gale's garden but I guess that will have to wait.
When I got back from the inservice, John and I started on the fence again and there is now another section done along the front expanse by the shop.
Of course it was a bit of a gong show with John somehow cutting the skil saw cord in half. Shit, Oh Dear.....Of course it had to be my fault but I am not quite sure how as I was not anywhere near the saw or the cord. Oh well, it was an easy fix and we were soon back in business. Then, for some reason, the air nailer stopped working so we had to finish the job using the drill and some screws which actually worked pretty darn good.
We finally got done the one section and called it quits. It was already past six and time to start thinking about supper. It had been raining off and on all day so today was an ideal day for eating the meat pies that Shirley brought over yesterday.
I threw them into the oven and soon we were eating. They were great and I will have to see about the possibility of getting a few more!!
Gary and Arlene came over for a short visit. He had stopped to pick up some sort of a boot for my quad and also picked up some bird seed for me. Imagine my surprise when he handed me the bill for the birdseed.....$30.00!! WHAT!!! Hell, there isn't a bird out there that needs that kind of expensive bird seed!! Oh well, that is what one gets when they send someone to pick up stuff you forgot to get yourself. I am sure my little birds will totally appreciate it though so they will be happy.
We spent the evening watching TV and listening to the rain which was now coming down in torrents. It continued like this all evening and into the night.
The kids text us asking if we wanted to go riding with them tomorrow and with all this rain today, I am not sure if I can face another wet day on the trails. We will see what tomorrow brings!!
In the meantime, it is time for Hogan and I to call it a day and head to bed. Life is Good!!
I got a call from one of the girls at the home today reminding me that I had a three hour inservice to attend this afternoon and it is a good thing she called as I would have totally forgot about it. I was going to go and start some weeding in Gale's garden but I guess that will have to wait.
When I got back from the inservice, John and I started on the fence again and there is now another section done along the front expanse by the shop.
Of course it was a bit of a gong show with John somehow cutting the skil saw cord in half. Shit, Oh Dear.....Of course it had to be my fault but I am not quite sure how as I was not anywhere near the saw or the cord. Oh well, it was an easy fix and we were soon back in business. Then, for some reason, the air nailer stopped working so we had to finish the job using the drill and some screws which actually worked pretty darn good.
We finally got done the one section and called it quits. It was already past six and time to start thinking about supper. It had been raining off and on all day so today was an ideal day for eating the meat pies that Shirley brought over yesterday.
I threw them into the oven and soon we were eating. They were great and I will have to see about the possibility of getting a few more!!
Gary and Arlene came over for a short visit. He had stopped to pick up some sort of a boot for my quad and also picked up some bird seed for me. Imagine my surprise when he handed me the bill for the birdseed.....$30.00!! WHAT!!! Hell, there isn't a bird out there that needs that kind of expensive bird seed!! Oh well, that is what one gets when they send someone to pick up stuff you forgot to get yourself. I am sure my little birds will totally appreciate it though so they will be happy.
We spent the evening watching TV and listening to the rain which was now coming down in torrents. It continued like this all evening and into the night.
The kids text us asking if we wanted to go riding with them tomorrow and with all this rain today, I am not sure if I can face another wet day on the trails. We will see what tomorrow brings!!
In the meantime, it is time for Hogan and I to call it a day and head to bed. Life is Good!!
Monday, June 24/2013
I awoke to sunshine.....sweet, warm, glowing sunshine and not a rain cloud in the sky. Nothing but fluffy white clouds and blue sky as far as the eye can see. WOO HOO!!!
It looks like it will be a fence building day.
We did get another stretch of the fence done and that is a good thing. With all projects around here, it seems like it is taking forever to get it done!! Soon though, soon!!
Dave headed into Saskatoon today for his doctor's appointment and Shirley was busy all day cooking up a storm. She made meat pies, biscuits, pizza and Lord only knows what else. She did bring John and I each a meat pie for supper and some still warm biscuits. I love when she has a "kitchen" day.
Dave arrived home and Gary joined us and soon we had a "party". Of course we don't need much of a reason to sit and enjoy the day.
John started a fire and we all sat around it until it was time for everyone to head home and have supper. Shirley has to work in the morning and Gary is headed into Saskatoon to pick Arlene up at the airport. She is flying in tomorrow for a 3 week visit so it will be nice to chat with her again.
Once everyone left, John got the bbq going and threw some ribs on. It will be ribs, rice and coleslaw for us. Yummy!!
The evening was awesome (no rain) and all in all, it has been another good day.
It looks like it will be a fence building day.
We did get another stretch of the fence done and that is a good thing. With all projects around here, it seems like it is taking forever to get it done!! Soon though, soon!!
Dave headed into Saskatoon today for his doctor's appointment and Shirley was busy all day cooking up a storm. She made meat pies, biscuits, pizza and Lord only knows what else. She did bring John and I each a meat pie for supper and some still warm biscuits. I love when she has a "kitchen" day.
Dave arrived home and Gary joined us and soon we had a "party". Of course we don't need much of a reason to sit and enjoy the day.
John started a fire and we all sat around it until it was time for everyone to head home and have supper. Shirley has to work in the morning and Gary is headed into Saskatoon to pick Arlene up at the airport. She is flying in tomorrow for a 3 week visit so it will be nice to chat with her again.
Once everyone left, John got the bbq going and threw some ribs on. It will be ribs, rice and coleslaw for us. Yummy!!
The evening was awesome (no rain) and all in all, it has been another good day.
Monday, June 24, 2013
Sunday, June 23/2013
Cloudy and raining again this morning. Geez, I am getting pretty damn tired of writing that phrase in this blog. Surely God will soon decide that we have had enough and send some sunshine our way.
I guess this will be a "relax and rest" sort of day.
Some of the kids at the lake will be headed home today as there is work on Monday for them. Casey is supposed to be headed back as well.
Shirley headed to Saskatoon for her youngest daughter's graduation ceremonies. They are being held today. Dave chose not to attend as he has a drive into Saskatoon tomorrow for a doctor's appt.
Gary wandered over in between rain showers for a refreshment then he too headed home for supper.
I was busy watching a movie then watched Nic Wallenda walk a tightrope across the Grand Canyon. Wow, he is something to see.
I cooked the fish I caught for supper and it was beyond scrumptious.
We spent a quiet evening so both John and I should be well rested for tomorrow. The rain is supposed to have stopped by then and it is supposed to be sunny out!! Woo Hoo....SUNSHINE in our future....can it be?
I guess this will be a "relax and rest" sort of day.
Some of the kids at the lake will be headed home today as there is work on Monday for them. Casey is supposed to be headed back as well.
Shirley headed to Saskatoon for her youngest daughter's graduation ceremonies. They are being held today. Dave chose not to attend as he has a drive into Saskatoon tomorrow for a doctor's appt.
Gary wandered over in between rain showers for a refreshment then he too headed home for supper.
I was busy watching a movie then watched Nic Wallenda walk a tightrope across the Grand Canyon. Wow, he is something to see.
I cooked the fish I caught for supper and it was beyond scrumptious.
We spent a quiet evening so both John and I should be well rested for tomorrow. The rain is supposed to have stopped by then and it is supposed to be sunny out!! Woo Hoo....SUNSHINE in our future....can it be?
Saturday, June 22/2013
It is cloudy and once again looking like rain. Man....enough already!!
John and I are supposed to be putting up some fence but it sure doesn't look like that is going to happen. I am not working in the rain!!
It did indeed rain this morning then it cleared for a bit.
Jace and KImmy arrived to pick up their stuff for the lake and dropped off the seven rolls of wire for the fence. They picked up the two dogs and headed back to Clearwater where they are expecting Jeff. He will be riding with them later today. He loved the trails last weekend and is back for more fun and adventure!!
Gary wandered over and asked if I wanted to go fishing today. He told me to bring a rain coat as we would probably get rained on. I checked to make sure that John wasn't going to do the fence in the lull between rains and he said to go fishing so, off Gary and I went.
It was awesome to be back on the lake again and I loved the sites and the sounds. The rain clouds built all around us but they actually skirted around the lake so we only had to contend with a few rain drops. We managed to reach our limit for Northern Pike and didn't want to push our luck as far as the rain went so loaded the boat and brought the 10 fish home so that I could brush up on my filleting skills.
Once at home, I definitely needed brushing up as I felt I had completely forgotten how to fillet a fish properly. Gary is a patient teacher and I am sure would have rather just done all 10 of the fish himself!! I didn't feel comfortable with my filleting knife so Gary went and got his spare and that seemed to help a bit. It took a while but we eventually did get done!!
It was then time to clean and package the fillets but first.....a beer was required!!
We got enough fish for a meal for both Gary and ourselves and then 7 packages went into Gary's freezer. Hopefully we will have many more good days on the water and his fridge will be full by the time we head back to Arizona.
John built a fire tonight and we sat around it enjoying the warmth. Gary soon headed home for his feed of fresh fish and John and I got out the umbrella as it was starting to rain....again!!
We decided to have steak and baked potato for supper and sat under the umbrella until supper was cooked and the it was time to eat.
Once again, it was an awesome day and despite the fact that it was once again raining, we had a pretty productive day.
John and I are supposed to be putting up some fence but it sure doesn't look like that is going to happen. I am not working in the rain!!
It did indeed rain this morning then it cleared for a bit.
Jace and KImmy arrived to pick up their stuff for the lake and dropped off the seven rolls of wire for the fence. They picked up the two dogs and headed back to Clearwater where they are expecting Jeff. He will be riding with them later today. He loved the trails last weekend and is back for more fun and adventure!!
Gary wandered over and asked if I wanted to go fishing today. He told me to bring a rain coat as we would probably get rained on. I checked to make sure that John wasn't going to do the fence in the lull between rains and he said to go fishing so, off Gary and I went.
It was awesome to be back on the lake again and I loved the sites and the sounds. The rain clouds built all around us but they actually skirted around the lake so we only had to contend with a few rain drops. We managed to reach our limit for Northern Pike and didn't want to push our luck as far as the rain went so loaded the boat and brought the 10 fish home so that I could brush up on my filleting skills.
Once at home, I definitely needed brushing up as I felt I had completely forgotten how to fillet a fish properly. Gary is a patient teacher and I am sure would have rather just done all 10 of the fish himself!! I didn't feel comfortable with my filleting knife so Gary went and got his spare and that seemed to help a bit. It took a while but we eventually did get done!!
It was then time to clean and package the fillets but first.....a beer was required!!
We got enough fish for a meal for both Gary and ourselves and then 7 packages went into Gary's freezer. Hopefully we will have many more good days on the water and his fridge will be full by the time we head back to Arizona.
John built a fire tonight and we sat around it enjoying the warmth. Gary soon headed home for his feed of fresh fish and John and I got out the umbrella as it was starting to rain....again!!
We decided to have steak and baked potato for supper and sat under the umbrella until supper was cooked and the it was time to eat.
Once again, it was an awesome day and despite the fact that it was once again raining, we had a pretty productive day.
Friday, June 21/2013
It is the first day of summer today. The longest day of the year. One would not know that though by the weather, as it rained all night long and still is raining this morning.
I walked home under my umbrella again this morning.
The kids are supposed to be coming today so I really must get to bed, grab a few hours of sleep and be bright eyed and bushy tailed for when they arrive.
I woke at 1:30 this afternoon. John and the dogs were lounging in the front of the bus and I didn't hear any noise from them at all. I didn't even hear when they left the bedroom. Coors has been sleeping by my side of the bed all week.
It was soon time to get a move on as Chris would be here anytime this afternoon to pick up his trailer and haul it to the lake. He left it here last weekend.
With Chris's arrival, another dog "Yogi" has joined the pack for a short while. Man, it will be so nice when this fence finally gets finished.
Kellen and Casey along with "Holz" and "Roxy" arrived shortly after Chris. So, now we have 5 dogs in the yard!!
Casey had his new axle in hand and it just so happened that Dave was over and guided him through the process of changing the damaged one for the new. Within an hour, the quad was ready to go. Of course there was no room on Kellen's trailer for Casey's quad so he elected to ride it over to the lake tonight. He was going to take Roxy but I convinced him that it would be better for her to stay with us for the night and she could go over there tomorrow. There will be three dogs in the bus tonight!!
Kim and Jace were going to stop and then decided that it was far too late by the time they drove through so they kept going and arrived at the lake around midnight.
Shirley wandered over after she got home from work then wandered back home to make some supper and eventually head to bed as she has to work again in the morning. Dave stayed over for a bit then he too wandered home leaving John and I to close up shop and call it a day.
I walked home under my umbrella again this morning.
The kids are supposed to be coming today so I really must get to bed, grab a few hours of sleep and be bright eyed and bushy tailed for when they arrive.
I woke at 1:30 this afternoon. John and the dogs were lounging in the front of the bus and I didn't hear any noise from them at all. I didn't even hear when they left the bedroom. Coors has been sleeping by my side of the bed all week.
It was soon time to get a move on as Chris would be here anytime this afternoon to pick up his trailer and haul it to the lake. He left it here last weekend.
With Chris's arrival, another dog "Yogi" has joined the pack for a short while. Man, it will be so nice when this fence finally gets finished.
Kellen and Casey along with "Holz" and "Roxy" arrived shortly after Chris. So, now we have 5 dogs in the yard!!
Casey had his new axle in hand and it just so happened that Dave was over and guided him through the process of changing the damaged one for the new. Within an hour, the quad was ready to go. Of course there was no room on Kellen's trailer for Casey's quad so he elected to ride it over to the lake tonight. He was going to take Roxy but I convinced him that it would be better for her to stay with us for the night and she could go over there tomorrow. There will be three dogs in the bus tonight!!
Kim and Jace were going to stop and then decided that it was far too late by the time they drove through so they kept going and arrived at the lake around midnight.
Shirley wandered over after she got home from work then wandered back home to make some supper and eventually head to bed as she has to work again in the morning. Dave stayed over for a bit then he too wandered home leaving John and I to close up shop and call it a day.
Saturday, June 22, 2013
Thursday, June 20/2013
As usual, I am up early. The sky is looking rather overcast and I don't even want to think that there is a possibility of rain. We have had enough of that already!!
The dogs are anxious to go out so that is the first thing on my agenda. Coors has to make a perimeter check (that is his thing) and being this early, I really don't have to worry about him meeting and scaring any of the townsfolk!!
John and I have instructions to take Jace and Kimmy's camper over to Clearwater to secure them a spot for the upcoming week at the lake. First, I will need to fill it with water and I think he said something about topping up the propane tanks as well.
John and I really should take a quick trip into Sprirtwood as well to order more fence boards and also take all the cans into the recycler. Hell, after this past weekend, we probably have enough to pay for the fence!! I WISH!!
With these thoughts in mind, I had better get my arse into gear and start my day......
I got water into the camper and John backed it out of its parking spot here in the yard and got it ready for travel. The tires needed to be pumped up and once that was done we headed down the road. It has started to rain but that just seems to be the "norm" for the past 2 weeks!!
We met the grader on the Clearwater Grid and that was good as all the rain has certainly taken its toll on the roads around here.
Once we got into the campground, we noted that there were only about four campers in the whole campground and we had no problem securing an awesome site for the kids. We got the camper set up and while I was walking with the pay stub, I wasn't watching where I was going (really, no surprise there) and ended up on my ass in a mud puddle. I had walked right into the slippery mud and WHAM, I was on my ass before I knew it and, it wasn't pretty. I let out a rather unlady like expletive (shocking the closest camper I am sure) and while John was busy asking if I was all right he was trying to hide his grin. Not very well either I might add!! I got up with as much dignity as I could and walked to the lake where I proceeded to wash all the offending mud off my shoes, knees, legs and hands. Man, it was everywhere. The only place I couldn't get to was my arse and that mud would have to make the trip home with me!! What a gong show.....there is no lack of entertainment around me!!
On the way home we stopped and got a load of wood from all the leftovers of the logging and now that will need to be split. Thank God for the log splitter we purchased last year. It is wonderful and does an awesome job.
Of course the rain hasn't let up since we left so once we were home, we tarped the wood to keep it relatively dry and hopefully the rain will have stopped by tomorrow and we can split it then.
It was soon time for me to get ready for work as I have a night shift scheduled tonight. I was soon walking to the home under my umbrella, ella, ella...... Off to work I go.
The dogs are anxious to go out so that is the first thing on my agenda. Coors has to make a perimeter check (that is his thing) and being this early, I really don't have to worry about him meeting and scaring any of the townsfolk!!
John and I have instructions to take Jace and Kimmy's camper over to Clearwater to secure them a spot for the upcoming week at the lake. First, I will need to fill it with water and I think he said something about topping up the propane tanks as well.
John and I really should take a quick trip into Sprirtwood as well to order more fence boards and also take all the cans into the recycler. Hell, after this past weekend, we probably have enough to pay for the fence!! I WISH!!
With these thoughts in mind, I had better get my arse into gear and start my day......
I got water into the camper and John backed it out of its parking spot here in the yard and got it ready for travel. The tires needed to be pumped up and once that was done we headed down the road. It has started to rain but that just seems to be the "norm" for the past 2 weeks!!
We met the grader on the Clearwater Grid and that was good as all the rain has certainly taken its toll on the roads around here.
Once we got into the campground, we noted that there were only about four campers in the whole campground and we had no problem securing an awesome site for the kids. We got the camper set up and while I was walking with the pay stub, I wasn't watching where I was going (really, no surprise there) and ended up on my ass in a mud puddle. I had walked right into the slippery mud and WHAM, I was on my ass before I knew it and, it wasn't pretty. I let out a rather unlady like expletive (shocking the closest camper I am sure) and while John was busy asking if I was all right he was trying to hide his grin. Not very well either I might add!! I got up with as much dignity as I could and walked to the lake where I proceeded to wash all the offending mud off my shoes, knees, legs and hands. Man, it was everywhere. The only place I couldn't get to was my arse and that mud would have to make the trip home with me!! What a gong show.....there is no lack of entertainment around me!!
On the way home we stopped and got a load of wood from all the leftovers of the logging and now that will need to be split. Thank God for the log splitter we purchased last year. It is wonderful and does an awesome job.
Of course the rain hasn't let up since we left so once we were home, we tarped the wood to keep it relatively dry and hopefully the rain will have stopped by tomorrow and we can split it then.
It was soon time for me to get ready for work as I have a night shift scheduled tonight. I was soon walking to the home under my umbrella, ella, ella...... Off to work I go.
Thursday, June 20, 2013
Wednesday, June 19/2013
I am up early and headed off to work. I haven't been there since Friday so am always happy to go over there and spend a day or two with the "old folks". It is usually fun although the work in never ending.
It was a good day and before I knew it, it was time to head back to the bus.
John has spent the whole day with the two dogs and I see that he was busy on the fence again. He used all the remaining fence boards up and now we must go order some more. Hopefully, the lumber yard has more and we are able to get even more of it done. Maybe.....even get the wood part of it done completely!! Now that would be nice. Then all that would remain are the gates and stringing the wire fence around the rest of the yard and the garden. That hopefully, is the easy part!! Things are slowly coming together but I hope to never have to build another fence again.... ever!!
The last two episodes of the North America documentary were on TV tonight and I watched those before heading to bed. What an incredible series that has been so would highly recommend anyone getting the opportunity to see it to do so.
Anyway, it is time for bed......goodnight!!
It was a good day and before I knew it, it was time to head back to the bus.
John has spent the whole day with the two dogs and I see that he was busy on the fence again. He used all the remaining fence boards up and now we must go order some more. Hopefully, the lumber yard has more and we are able to get even more of it done. Maybe.....even get the wood part of it done completely!! Now that would be nice. Then all that would remain are the gates and stringing the wire fence around the rest of the yard and the garden. That hopefully, is the easy part!! Things are slowly coming together but I hope to never have to build another fence again.... ever!!
The last two episodes of the North America documentary were on TV tonight and I watched those before heading to bed. What an incredible series that has been so would highly recommend anyone getting the opportunity to see it to do so.
Anyway, it is time for bed......goodnight!!
Tuesday, June 18/2013
It is laundry day today. There is a ton of quad clothes that need to be washed and of course I really didn't limit the dogs in their travels inside the bus so all our bed linen needs to be washed as well. I think there were some sneaky dogs up on the bed this weekend.....at least three of them anyway!! It is a good thing that it was time to wash the linen!!
The chair covers need a wash as well for I fear they have suffered the same fate as the bed linen.
There are wet, damp and dirty quad clothes and gloves that need a good wash as well so I gathered up all that needed washing and headed over to the laundromat. Fortunately, there was no one else in there so I had the place to myself. Awesome. I filled 9 wash machines and sat waiting for them to finish so that the drying could begin. Two hours later, I was $40.00 poorer but much cleaner!!
John was busy finishing off the little bit of frontage fence and had that done by the time I got back from the laundromat so once we both sat and had a bit of a rest (from our already busy day) we started on the piece of fence that runs between our neighbour Shirley and us. We will have to fight some of her flowers to get the fence up!!
We worked on this for about two hours and then it was time to call it a day. Gary came over with a couple of beer to thank John for cutting his grass today (another thing he did while I was at the laundromat) so it was definitely time for us to quit.
Before I actually sat down, I took the drill and some screws and made some "hooks" to hang the still damp rain suits up in the garage. Now the suits and the gloves can air dry for the upcoming weekend.
Finally, I was able to sit and enjoy a refreshment.
Supper was once again, simple fair- soup and sandwich and then the evening was spent watching TV and recovering from our busy day!!
I work in the morning so it was off to bed for me as 6:00 a.m. comes early enough for me!!
The chair covers need a wash as well for I fear they have suffered the same fate as the bed linen.
There are wet, damp and dirty quad clothes and gloves that need a good wash as well so I gathered up all that needed washing and headed over to the laundromat. Fortunately, there was no one else in there so I had the place to myself. Awesome. I filled 9 wash machines and sat waiting for them to finish so that the drying could begin. Two hours later, I was $40.00 poorer but much cleaner!!
John was busy finishing off the little bit of frontage fence and had that done by the time I got back from the laundromat so once we both sat and had a bit of a rest (from our already busy day) we started on the piece of fence that runs between our neighbour Shirley and us. We will have to fight some of her flowers to get the fence up!!
We worked on this for about two hours and then it was time to call it a day. Gary came over with a couple of beer to thank John for cutting his grass today (another thing he did while I was at the laundromat) so it was definitely time for us to quit.
Before I actually sat down, I took the drill and some screws and made some "hooks" to hang the still damp rain suits up in the garage. Now the suits and the gloves can air dry for the upcoming weekend.
Finally, I was able to sit and enjoy a refreshment.
Supper was once again, simple fair- soup and sandwich and then the evening was spent watching TV and recovering from our busy day!!
I work in the morning so it was off to bed for me as 6:00 a.m. comes early enough for me!!
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Monday, June 17/2013
Once again, I am up early. Scott, Jill and Jimmy are headed out this morning and are leaving around 8:00 a.m. I have coffee ready for Jimmy and see them off. Both Jim and Scott have to get into their semi trucks later today and head for Ontario so that is why they are up early and out of here.
With them gone, I had about an hour to myself before the rest of the crew started getting up and greeting the day. There was no need for tylenol today (other than for Casey and his back) as most of the party animals where in bed early last night. They were tired from the hard day on the trail!!
I felt rather abandoned today when it came to making breakfast as there was only five of us left. Wow, this is going to be a snap!! I even put some hash brown patties into the oven so that we could have them with the ham, bacon and eggs I had planned for this morning.
With several pots of coffee made and consumed, it was time for the last four to get into gear, pack up and head out.
Jace and Kimmy bought Frankenjeep from us so that was loaded up on the trailer and tied down for its ride back to Saskatoon.
Casey is leaving his quad here (it has a broken axle) and Kimmy is leaving her quad here as well as her and Jace are returning next weekend to spend a week at Clearwater Lake. They will spend the last week in June at the lake so that will be fun for them.
Jace is taking his quad back to the city where he will drain the oil and replace the filter and get it ready for the upcoming week at the lake.
He asked us if we wanted to have our Grand dog Coors for the week and of course that was OK with us. I have to work a couple of shifts this week but John is always around so it won't be any trouble for us to watch him. I wish our fence was done though. That would be so much nicer for him and for me not having to worry about him going outside the yard. Oh well, he is not too terribly active anymore especially with that bum leg of his.
The kids left and the yard was QUIET!! OMG - the quiet is amazing. The kids helped clean up the yard and now there is only John and I here (and the two dogs) to sit and enjoy the rest of the day.
Gary wandered over and sat for a bit and I got the hoola hoe out and weeded the garden. It went remarkably well and I was glad I got that nasty little job done.
The hockey game started at 6:00 p.m. so we spent a quiet evening watching TV. Supper was a "leftover" extravaganza and that was good enough for John and I. Now the fridge is relatively empty and ready for the next go around!!
I was in bed early tonight and that was awesome. Both dogs joined me but poor old Coors was not able to get up on the bed cause his leg was too sore so he was happy to lie beside it for the evening. I was asleep long before John hit the sheets so have no idea when he actually called it a day.
What an awesome weekend we had and I think fun was had by all!!
With them gone, I had about an hour to myself before the rest of the crew started getting up and greeting the day. There was no need for tylenol today (other than for Casey and his back) as most of the party animals where in bed early last night. They were tired from the hard day on the trail!!
I felt rather abandoned today when it came to making breakfast as there was only five of us left. Wow, this is going to be a snap!! I even put some hash brown patties into the oven so that we could have them with the ham, bacon and eggs I had planned for this morning.
With several pots of coffee made and consumed, it was time for the last four to get into gear, pack up and head out.
Jace and Kimmy bought Frankenjeep from us so that was loaded up on the trailer and tied down for its ride back to Saskatoon.
Casey is leaving his quad here (it has a broken axle) and Kimmy is leaving her quad here as well as her and Jace are returning next weekend to spend a week at Clearwater Lake. They will spend the last week in June at the lake so that will be fun for them.
Jace is taking his quad back to the city where he will drain the oil and replace the filter and get it ready for the upcoming week at the lake.
He asked us if we wanted to have our Grand dog Coors for the week and of course that was OK with us. I have to work a couple of shifts this week but John is always around so it won't be any trouble for us to watch him. I wish our fence was done though. That would be so much nicer for him and for me not having to worry about him going outside the yard. Oh well, he is not too terribly active anymore especially with that bum leg of his.
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| Kimmy and her new toy-FrankenJeep |
Gary wandered over and sat for a bit and I got the hoola hoe out and weeded the garden. It went remarkably well and I was glad I got that nasty little job done.
The hockey game started at 6:00 p.m. so we spent a quiet evening watching TV. Supper was a "leftover" extravaganza and that was good enough for John and I. Now the fridge is relatively empty and ready for the next go around!!
I was in bed early tonight and that was awesome. Both dogs joined me but poor old Coors was not able to get up on the bed cause his leg was too sore so he was happy to lie beside it for the evening. I was asleep long before John hit the sheets so have no idea when he actually called it a day.
What an awesome weekend we had and I think fun was had by all!!
Saturday, June 15 / 2013
It is still raining and actually rained really hard for a long time during the night. I cannot imagine how far beyond "wet" the trails are!! Of course this little fact will not deter these boys from the trails. They came to ride this Father's Day weekend and they will ride....rain or shine!!
I managed to sit and relax for about an hour before the kids all started to wake up. Jace was the first one into the bus and being such an awesome Mom, I had coffee ready and waiting. He needed tylenol... said something about a headache and I wondered why he would be supporting one of those!!
Eventually all the kids and their dogs were awake and I had a few more requests for tylenol!! Perhaps I am glad that I was working last night and not witnessing the gong show that went on in the man cave. It sounds like John and Casey were the last ones standing. Of course John is still in bed this morning while everyone else is up and at it!!
Once four pots of coffee were done, it was time to get breakfast ready. Despite the fact that I was informed that I would not be responsible for feeding everyone, that indeed proved not to be the case. I was the cook!!
I got busy and fried up bacon and sausage, then made eggs and toast. An awesome breakfast for some hungry party animals. Everyone ate and was happy and I do believe the headaches were starting to ease.
As the kids got ready to head out into the rain for a day on the trails, I was busy quickly doing up the dishes. Thank heavens for paper plates as there was not many to do. While I was doing the dishes, I decided to join the kids on the trail today. I had caught my second wind by this time and felt I could ride trails today. So what if it was raining....I am not salt nor am I sugar....I won't melt!!
Before long, we were all loaded up and ready to go (John was still in bed!!)
We headed down the North Road to Mile 8 Trail and stopped there for the first refreshment of the day. Man, you would think that after all the partying last night and the headaches this morning that a beer would be the last thing these fools need!!
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| Oh Oh.... water in Casey's belt so had to make a quick repair. |
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| Moose (aka Scott), Jeff, Jace and Kimmy |
This trail proved to be a bit of a challenge because of the rain. The usual "wet" areas were filled with water and I prayed that the bottoms of these small "lakes" were hard. As it turned out, the worst of the water could either be avoided or the bottom was fairly decent. Thank the Lord!!
We eventually made it to the Huard Lake Trail and took a short detour to the Lake. Here the boys played in the water (cause there just wasn't enough on the trails)!!
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| Jace, backing into the culvert at Huard Lake |
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| Chris.....adding his twist to the pic!! |
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| Lined up at Huard Lake |
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| Getting deep so had to back out |
When we arrived at Vimy, the week's rain had made the usually calm, babbling creek into a raging, deep torrent of water. This crossing could be dangerous if one was not careful.
The current was enough to take your quad and carry it down the creek. This is most definitely NOT my idea of a good time. As it turned out, everyone got across without any difficulty. Casey rode my quad across as I was not inclined to do it. I hitched a ride across with Chris in his side by side! Kimmy managed to get across and made me look bad at the same time. She said she as scared shitless but you certainly wouldn't have know it by the way she crossed. She is getting to be an awesome little rider - a fact that was mentioned a few times on the trail today by the other guys. What a nice compliment for her and certainly a compliment for Jace as well as he guides her through her learning process of "Quadding 101".
With the creek crossing behind us, we decide to head back to Mile 8 Trail and take the opposite side of the trail. This would eventually lead us to Eddie's Trail then to Mile 3 Trail which would lead us back to the North Road and home.
Once we accessed Mile 8 trail, we met up with John who had eventually gotten out of bed, got ready and came out to the trails to try and find us. I was surprised to see him and he was actually lucky to find us.
We then made a bit of a detour and stopped at the new snowmobile shelter before heading to Eddie's Trail and then over to 3 Mile Trail. It was here that I was going to leave the group and just travel the East Grid home. I was getting tired by this time and needed to get off this stupid machine that kept challenging me with no power steering!!
John suggested that I remain with the group until we hit the North Grid, then I could carry on home while the others stayed for a refreshment. That was probably a better suggestion than me heading home by myself just in case something "happened". At least staying with the group until the North Road would ensure that if anything did happen on my way home, the group was behind me and would be able to help if necessary. Alway a better thing than riding by yourself....not that I was anticipating anything happening.....but as everyone knows....shit happens.
Mile 3 was nastier than what it had been when John and I had travelled it a few weeks earlier but that was not surprising. Once we got to the marshy part of the trail there were a few stuck quads but I was not one of them and managed the nastiness without any trouble. We were soon at the grid and I headed home. I had dibs on the shower!!
Once I was sparkling clean, I got the potatoes wrapped and ready for the bbq while the stragglers rolled in. John got the bbq going and had the spuds on and cooking. We were all hungry.... me, I needed to eat and go to bed!!
Jimmy had requested a potato salad for tomorrow's supper so while I was waiting for the baked potatoes and my steak, I got the potatoes peeled and cooked for it. I will have everything ready for tomorrow's supper before I leave on the rally.
Once I ate, it was to bed for me and the kids and John partied into the wee hours of the morning. I did not hear a thing the whole night!! It was an awesome day and despite the fact that I am exhausted, I loved riding with all my kids today and would do it again in a heartbeat.
Friday, June 14/2013
It is overcast again this morning but so far......no rain!! I am sure the Rain Gods are not done with us yet.
I have lots of things to do today to get ready for the kids and this weekend so I had better get my arse into gear as I also have to work a night shift tonight. I think I had to work a night shift last year too if I remember correctly!!
I made a "to do" list so that I remember everything that needs to be done. I started inside the bus, cleaning and what not then, headed outside to get what needed to be done out there completed. Before too long, my jobs were finished and John started on the emptying of the black water. Now that is a job I did not volunteer to help him with!! It would have been so much easier to just move the bus but with all the damn rain that has fallen this past week, I don't think we would have been able to move the bus. The ground is saturated and I am sure we would have got stuck just trying to get out of the yard. So.....John got the maceration pump out and used a couple of gas cans to empty the tank into. It was rather stinky but it worked well!!
With all our jobs done, it was time to sit and relax for a bit. I have to head to work tonight and the kids will be arriving soon.
Chris and his pooch Yogi were the first to arrive. It was about 7:00 p.m. when they arrived and I had to start getting ready for work. Bummer but not much I can do about it. Tonight will just be a matter of everyone arriving and the real fun will not start until tomorrow.
Hi Ho, Hi Ho. it's off to work I go.......
I have lots of things to do today to get ready for the kids and this weekend so I had better get my arse into gear as I also have to work a night shift tonight. I think I had to work a night shift last year too if I remember correctly!!
I made a "to do" list so that I remember everything that needs to be done. I started inside the bus, cleaning and what not then, headed outside to get what needed to be done out there completed. Before too long, my jobs were finished and John started on the emptying of the black water. Now that is a job I did not volunteer to help him with!! It would have been so much easier to just move the bus but with all the damn rain that has fallen this past week, I don't think we would have been able to move the bus. The ground is saturated and I am sure we would have got stuck just trying to get out of the yard. So.....John got the maceration pump out and used a couple of gas cans to empty the tank into. It was rather stinky but it worked well!!
With all our jobs done, it was time to sit and relax for a bit. I have to head to work tonight and the kids will be arriving soon.
Chris and his pooch Yogi were the first to arrive. It was about 7:00 p.m. when they arrived and I had to start getting ready for work. Bummer but not much I can do about it. Tonight will just be a matter of everyone arriving and the real fun will not start until tomorrow.
Hi Ho, Hi Ho. it's off to work I go.......
Monday, June 17, 2013
Sunday, June 16 / 2013
Happy Father's Day to all you Dads out there. I awoke bright and early this morning, rested and feeling not too terribly bad. My shoulders are sore and I just cannot see myself riding my quad today in the rally. I will see if anyone is riding with either Chris or Jimmy in their side by sides and will see if I can hitch a ride as a passenger. If not, I do not think I will go today. That in itself is not a bad idea as I would love to just sit and do nothing and recover from my silliness of yesterday!! Who in their right mind goes quadding after working a 12 hour night shift?
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| Jimmy O and John |
Breakfast was a repeat of yesterday with bacon, sausage, eggs and toast but first there was some Tylenol needed again. When are these "children" going to realize that too much alcohol leads to one feeling rather "under the weather" the next day.
Casey required a bit more than plain Tylenol this morning. It was Tylenol 3 for him. His back was really bothering him last night and again today. I guess he is finding out just how much damage he has done to it and how riding his quad this year impacts those fractures. Although they are healed now, I am afraid that this young man is always going to have "issues" with his back. The price one pays for poor judgement often has long reaching effects.
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| First refreshment stop - on Eddie's Trail. |
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| Kimmy, Jill, Scotty , Jimmy and John at one of the many stops |
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| Casey, Jace, Mike and Chris and part of Kylee. I am not sure who is standing beside Mike. |
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| A puddle many could not pass up. It was deep but many were not deterred. |
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| Kylee was in this puddle with his side by side and it was so deep that his box in the back of it floated away. Here his is getting it back!! |
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| This idiot has tipped!! He was able to recover and drive it out. |
At one stop, Mindy and her husband Frankie arrived with a quad in tow. Mindy was quite hyper and mentioned that they had tipped over in a huge water puddle while towing this quad. It was a good thing no one got hurt but she had to run down the trail to our guys and get them to help put their side by side back onto its wheels. There was all kinds of excitement of this kind on the trail today.
At one point while waiting for the kids to catch up to us, we were passed by several quads on tow ropes. For some reason, these riders just can not stay out of the water. Water and motors often do not like each other as many found out today.
We eventually made it to the half way point of the rally and the wiener roast. We waited for at least an hour before one of the kids finally arrived. He wanted to make sure that the organizers where still going to be around for when the others arrived. They had two quads on tow ropes by this time and were hungry!! It was already close to 6:00 and we were only half way through the rally.
I suspected that this would be the end of the rally for many of our kids.
We met up with Dave, Shirley and Gary at this point. Shirley's quad had been heating so they had decided to take the North Road back to town and forget about the rest of the rally. It is no big deal for them as we can ride this trail anytime and hopefully the next time we do, it will be much drier!!
Realizing that the kids were not even going to make the wiener stop, we got back on the machines and headed back down the trail to meet up with them. When we got to them, they had decided to just head down the grid towards home. Jace's new machine was on a tow rope as the engine had quit while he was in some deep water so had sucked water into his engine (not a good thing). He was using Kimmy's quad as a tow vehicle. The huge big side by side Commander was also on a tow rope and since they had managed to get it to the grid, decided to leave it there and go get the truck and trailer to get it home, It is just too much to tow unless it is another Commander doing the towing.
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| After the ride - a redneck car wash!! This is the creek at Vimy!! The water was rushing but had slowed down a lot since yesterday. |
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| Full of mud but still smiling!! |
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| Kyle is now nice and clean. The guys had to go and save Tyson as he had managed to almost lose his side by side in a deep part of the creek and with the rushing water......well he was in trouble before he knew it. They managed to save him and the quad!! |
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| Excitement over - now lets get the hell out of this water!! |
By the time we arrived home it was close to 8:00p.m. Some of the guys had to head back to Saskatoon so were anxious to go.
I was so glad that I had our supper ready as all I had to do was re-heat the BBQ pulled pork I had cooked on Saturday and add mayonnaise to the potato salad. In a matter of minutes it was ready and whoever was hungry ate.
Several of the guys left for Saskatoon and the rescue squad (for the Commander left in the bush) returned. Soon everyone was fed and watered and ready to sit and relax around the campfire.
There was still no rain so John was able to start a fire and we all sat around it and enjoyed the heat and shared stories of our wild adventures of the day. It was awesome and another day I wouldn't trade away for anything.
Thursday, June 13/2013
It is so very overcast this morning that I am sure it won't be too long before, once again, the skies open up and drop more rain upon us. There is thunder today and poor Hogan is not too impressed by that.
Wow, the skies have opened and it is really pouring. There will be no fence building going on today in this rain. Hopefully it stops later on and we can get out there and do a bit more today.
The rain did slow at one point today and John and I were able to get out and finish off the one little piece across the front of the yard. It actually looks pretty darn good. Even John mentioned that the town will get a look at our fence and ask us to be the official town fence builders!! I don't think so so it was a good thought.
We were only able to do the small piece in front before the rains came again and we were forced to stop.
It was then into the man cave for a beer before I headed in the bus to make supper. Spaghetti and meatballs is what was on the menu for tonight.
The rain continued throughout the evening and John mentioned that there was a rainfall warning issued for this area. WHAT!!! I cannot imagine just how muddy the trails are going to be when the kids come up here this weekend. I think there will be some mud slinging going on!! The ball tournament scheduled for this weekend has officially been cancelled because of the rain forecast but the quad rally will go on. Looks like the rain suits will be out in full force.
We spent a quiet evening watching TV and just relaxing as it sounds like this weekend is going to be busy.
Wow, the skies have opened and it is really pouring. There will be no fence building going on today in this rain. Hopefully it stops later on and we can get out there and do a bit more today.
The rain did slow at one point today and John and I were able to get out and finish off the one little piece across the front of the yard. It actually looks pretty darn good. Even John mentioned that the town will get a look at our fence and ask us to be the official town fence builders!! I don't think so so it was a good thought.
We were only able to do the small piece in front before the rains came again and we were forced to stop.
It was then into the man cave for a beer before I headed in the bus to make supper. Spaghetti and meatballs is what was on the menu for tonight.
The rain continued throughout the evening and John mentioned that there was a rainfall warning issued for this area. WHAT!!! I cannot imagine just how muddy the trails are going to be when the kids come up here this weekend. I think there will be some mud slinging going on!! The ball tournament scheduled for this weekend has officially been cancelled because of the rain forecast but the quad rally will go on. Looks like the rain suits will be out in full force.
We spent a quiet evening watching TV and just relaxing as it sounds like this weekend is going to be busy.
Wednesday June 12/2013
I am finally home and finished my night shift. It was a good shift and I feel pretty good this morning. And...it is not raining!! In fact, the sun is shining and it is supposed to be an awesome day today.
After making the coffee, I head to bed to catch a few hours and am awake by 2:30 p.m.
The sun is still shining although the darker grey clouds are once again building with the promise of more rain. At this rate, we will never have to worry about forest fires!!
I decided to head into Spiritwood today as I don't think John and I are going to go into Saskatoon before the weekend so I needed a few things from the grocery store and I thought I would check out the local hardware store for some more fence building supplies.
With that in mind, Hogan and I got into the truck and made our way into Spiritwood. When I crossed the bridge over Big River, I noticed three big cormorants fishing off the rocks. They are a large bird and I wished I had brought the camera. It would have been an awesome pic.
I managed to find a few more fence building supplies so now John and I can put up a few more boards. I made a stop at the grocery store and then stopped and chatted with Shirley for a bit then headed home.
Once back at the bus, John was just finishing cutting the grass so we started on the fence.
Well, what a gong show that turned out to be. With me somehow always managing to stand on the electrical cord and disconnecting the power supply (I think John just puts it under my feet so he can say "get off the damn cord" and roll his eyes) or John accidentally (I think it was on purpose) slipping with the drill and smashing the shit out of my thumb (that hurt), I was soon ready to call it quits. It was either quit or John just may find himself impaled on one of the fancy effin 16 foot treated 2x4s....it was close.
Realizing the wisdom of us stopping for the day, we then sat outside in the sunshine (man it is good to feel the sunshine again) enjoying a beverage and looking at the fancy new fence that now stands along one side of the property.
As the evening drew closer, the sun went down and the chill in the air returned. It looks like we are finally going to get that rain. John started a fire and that chased the chill away.
Gary came over for a short visit and once he left, the rain started so John and I got the big umbrella out and we sat under it enjoying the dying campfire while our steaks cooked on the BBQ. It has been a long time since John and I enjoyed a campfire under the umbrella with the rain falling around us. It was awesome.
With the steaks done, we headed into the bus to eat and then it was time to call it a day. Hopefully it will not be raining all day tomorrow and we will be able to get more of the fence boards up.
After making the coffee, I head to bed to catch a few hours and am awake by 2:30 p.m.
The sun is still shining although the darker grey clouds are once again building with the promise of more rain. At this rate, we will never have to worry about forest fires!!
I decided to head into Spiritwood today as I don't think John and I are going to go into Saskatoon before the weekend so I needed a few things from the grocery store and I thought I would check out the local hardware store for some more fence building supplies.
With that in mind, Hogan and I got into the truck and made our way into Spiritwood. When I crossed the bridge over Big River, I noticed three big cormorants fishing off the rocks. They are a large bird and I wished I had brought the camera. It would have been an awesome pic.
I managed to find a few more fence building supplies so now John and I can put up a few more boards. I made a stop at the grocery store and then stopped and chatted with Shirley for a bit then headed home.
Once back at the bus, John was just finishing cutting the grass so we started on the fence.
Well, what a gong show that turned out to be. With me somehow always managing to stand on the electrical cord and disconnecting the power supply (I think John just puts it under my feet so he can say "get off the damn cord" and roll his eyes) or John accidentally (I think it was on purpose) slipping with the drill and smashing the shit out of my thumb (that hurt), I was soon ready to call it quits. It was either quit or John just may find himself impaled on one of the fancy effin 16 foot treated 2x4s....it was close.
Realizing the wisdom of us stopping for the day, we then sat outside in the sunshine (man it is good to feel the sunshine again) enjoying a beverage and looking at the fancy new fence that now stands along one side of the property.
As the evening drew closer, the sun went down and the chill in the air returned. It looks like we are finally going to get that rain. John started a fire and that chased the chill away.
Gary came over for a short visit and once he left, the rain started so John and I got the big umbrella out and we sat under it enjoying the dying campfire while our steaks cooked on the BBQ. It has been a long time since John and I enjoyed a campfire under the umbrella with the rain falling around us. It was awesome.
With the steaks done, we headed into the bus to eat and then it was time to call it a day. Hopefully it will not be raining all day tomorrow and we will be able to get more of the fence boards up.
Thursday, June 13, 2013
Tuesday, June 11/2013
Hogan woke me up at 6:00 a.m. this morning needing to go out. It is still dreary outside but no rain. I was still tired, so once he was back inside, I crawled back to bed and didn't hear another thing until 9:00 a.m. when the ringing of the phone woke me up. Wow, I have not slept in this late in ages although I had such a coughing spell last night that I took a ton of nighttime cough medicine so perhaps that had something to do with it!
I feel well rested this morning and I think, I am not coughing as much and my throat is less sore!! Could it be that I am finally getting over this hellacious cough/cold/sore throat thing that has been going on for way too long? It could happen!!
I have to work night shift tonight so I sure hope that it doesn't set me back in this battle against this cold. It is still really overcast outside and I would not be surprised if we didn't get more rain today. What the hell!! I think my feet are starting to become "webbed" and I swear I am sprouting water wings!! Enough already. The only good thing about all this rain over the last week is that the forest needed it and anytime the threat of forest fire is lessened, well, that is a good thing.
I feel well rested this morning and I think, I am not coughing as much and my throat is less sore!! Could it be that I am finally getting over this hellacious cough/cold/sore throat thing that has been going on for way too long? It could happen!!
I have to work night shift tonight so I sure hope that it doesn't set me back in this battle against this cold. It is still really overcast outside and I would not be surprised if we didn't get more rain today. What the hell!! I think my feet are starting to become "webbed" and I swear I am sprouting water wings!! Enough already. The only good thing about all this rain over the last week is that the forest needed it and anytime the threat of forest fire is lessened, well, that is a good thing.
Tuesday, June 11, 2013
Monday, June 10/2013
It is still rather dreary and overcast this morning and it looks like the rain is not done with us yet.
The garden is now what I would consider saturated and will take a good week or two to dry out. Despite all the rain, the rows are very visible now and things look "happy" out there. Now I am sure I will have to deal with a few weeds this coming week!! Ray (our neighbour from Arizona) would be green with envy if he saw my garden!! Perhaps I will send him a picture.
It is finally time for me to take the laundry over to the laundromat. I have managed to do several loads in our little washer/dryer here in the bus but only on the days when I could hang the stuff on the clothes line to dry. The little machine handles my nurses uniforms well but struggles with t-shirts and blue jeans so it is time to bite the bullet and head to the big machines.
I have a few things on the agenda today so I had better get my arse into gear.
Once the clothes were done, I headed over to the store and bought the replacement molasses and took it over to the home. Now I am square with them.
Once back at the bus, I put the clothes away and then sat for a bit reading my book.
The wood arrived for the rest of the fence this afternoon and John and I are now able to start on the it. If only the weather would cooperate. It was pouring out when Roland arrived and it is a good thing that he had a roll off truck. The unload was easy!!
Chicken and rice for supper then we watched more TV. Wow, we are certainly getting our TV fix with all this bloody rain!!
Nothing else to do but go to bed!!
The garden is now what I would consider saturated and will take a good week or two to dry out. Despite all the rain, the rows are very visible now and things look "happy" out there. Now I am sure I will have to deal with a few weeds this coming week!! Ray (our neighbour from Arizona) would be green with envy if he saw my garden!! Perhaps I will send him a picture.
It is finally time for me to take the laundry over to the laundromat. I have managed to do several loads in our little washer/dryer here in the bus but only on the days when I could hang the stuff on the clothes line to dry. The little machine handles my nurses uniforms well but struggles with t-shirts and blue jeans so it is time to bite the bullet and head to the big machines.
I have a few things on the agenda today so I had better get my arse into gear.
Once the clothes were done, I headed over to the store and bought the replacement molasses and took it over to the home. Now I am square with them.
Once back at the bus, I put the clothes away and then sat for a bit reading my book.
The wood arrived for the rest of the fence this afternoon and John and I are now able to start on the it. If only the weather would cooperate. It was pouring out when Roland arrived and it is a good thing that he had a roll off truck. The unload was easy!!
Chicken and rice for supper then we watched more TV. Wow, we are certainly getting our TV fix with all this bloody rain!!
Nothing else to do but go to bed!!
Sunday, June 9/2013
It is raining off and on again today and the sky remains overcast and dreary. I just spoke with Kay and it is really nice where she is in Utah. I certainly thanked her for sharing that bit of information with me, as I got up and turned on the heaters in the bus!!
Man, it is one lousy day for a bbq at the home. Hopefully the rain stays away. One can still have a bbq on a dreary day but it sure sucks when it is raining.
Shirley messaged me today asking for some molasses and I thought for sure that I had some in the cupboard. When I went to look for it, I found none. What is with that??
I needed to deliver the buns over to the nursing home so when I was there I asked one of the girls in the kitchen if I could borrow some. I was handed the container and left promising that I would return a full one tomorrow.
Shirley was baking bread today and wanted to do a few loaves of rye bread so that is why she needed the molasses. She is an awesome bread maker. I don't think she ever buys store bought bread.
After chatting with Shirley for a while I returned home and thought about doing last night's supper dishes. Of course that didn't really appeal to me so I decided that I had to continue reading my book....I had a murder to solve!!
John eventually got up, looked outside and decided that it would be yet another day of rest. The wood we ordered from the lumber yard on Friday still has not arrived so there would be no fence building today. Of course in the rain, there would be no fence building even if the wood had arrived!!
Words with Friends occupied John for most of the afternoon while I sat and solved my murder case.
The dishes eventually did get done and then John and I wandered out to the man cave for a beverage while he cooked steak on the bbq. Mmmm..... it was a nice way to finish off our day.
Man, it is one lousy day for a bbq at the home. Hopefully the rain stays away. One can still have a bbq on a dreary day but it sure sucks when it is raining.
Shirley messaged me today asking for some molasses and I thought for sure that I had some in the cupboard. When I went to look for it, I found none. What is with that??
I needed to deliver the buns over to the nursing home so when I was there I asked one of the girls in the kitchen if I could borrow some. I was handed the container and left promising that I would return a full one tomorrow.
Shirley was baking bread today and wanted to do a few loaves of rye bread so that is why she needed the molasses. She is an awesome bread maker. I don't think she ever buys store bought bread.
After chatting with Shirley for a while I returned home and thought about doing last night's supper dishes. Of course that didn't really appeal to me so I decided that I had to continue reading my book....I had a murder to solve!!
John eventually got up, looked outside and decided that it would be yet another day of rest. The wood we ordered from the lumber yard on Friday still has not arrived so there would be no fence building today. Of course in the rain, there would be no fence building even if the wood had arrived!!
Words with Friends occupied John for most of the afternoon while I sat and solved my murder case.
The dishes eventually did get done and then John and I wandered out to the man cave for a beverage while he cooked steak on the bbq. Mmmm..... it was a nice way to finish off our day.
Saturday, June 8/2013
I awoke early to the sounds of rain on the roof. Man, I think it has rained all night. The garden now has plenty of moisture so hopefully now we get lots of sunshine in the next week,
It rained all day and there was nothing to do but sit in my chair and read my book. Awesome relaxing day!!
There is supposed to be a barbeque over at the nursing home tomorrow so I hope the weather smartens up for that. I have 6 dozen hamburger buns sitting on the kitchen table that need to go over there but have no desire to walk in the rain. Tomorrow morning will have to do.
We decided that we need to sell a few of the vehicles we have sitting around the yard so John listed a couple on Kijiji and today a fellow came buy and bought the old blue jeep we have had for a few years. Despite the pouring rain, the deal was made and the young fellow headed down the road with "Old Blue". Now that is one down and four more to go!! Woo Hoo!!
It was pizza tonight for supper and it was good...even if I do say so myself!!
Hopefully tomorrow will bring nothing but sunshine.
It rained all day and there was nothing to do but sit in my chair and read my book. Awesome relaxing day!!
There is supposed to be a barbeque over at the nursing home tomorrow so I hope the weather smartens up for that. I have 6 dozen hamburger buns sitting on the kitchen table that need to go over there but have no desire to walk in the rain. Tomorrow morning will have to do.
We decided that we need to sell a few of the vehicles we have sitting around the yard so John listed a couple on Kijiji and today a fellow came buy and bought the old blue jeep we have had for a few years. Despite the pouring rain, the deal was made and the young fellow headed down the road with "Old Blue". Now that is one down and four more to go!! Woo Hoo!!
It was pizza tonight for supper and it was good...even if I do say so myself!!
Hopefully tomorrow will bring nothing but sunshine.
Sunday, June 9, 2013
Friday, June 7/2013
It is raining and dreary out this morning. Hopefully, the rain will stop and John and I will make the trip into Spiritwood for the lumber and a few other things. In the mean time, I will check out the Facebook pages and have my coffee.
The rain did stop and John and I headed into Spiritwood. The first stop was to get my fishing license at the local Conservation Office. It was closed when we arrived so I will have to just go online and get it. Next we stopped in at the pawn shop to see if Shirley had any furniture that might work for the man cave. Unfortunately, she didn't have anything at the moment. I then headed over to the pharmacy, the hardware store and then the greenhouse. I managed to get everything I had come for so was quite pleased about that!!
Next, we hit the lumber yard and ordered the rest of the wood we needed to complete the fence. Hopefully, it will be delivered sometimes this weekend and we can get this darn fence done. Of course they didn't have the wire we needed so we will have to pick that up in Saskatoon next week.
We finally headed back to Leoville and I must say that the road repairs are coming along nicely. The road is much safer now since the huge heaves have been repaired. I only hope that re-paving is on the agenda this summer.
Gale and Charley came over for a quick visit and picked up the tiny tim tomatoes that I pick up for her in town.
It started to rain again and we retired to the man cave. When Gale and Charley left, Dave arrived followed by Gary and then Shirley. We had the makings for a party.....and we did.
Several beverages later, it was time for Marie to eat. It is a good thing that I had put a corned beef brisket into the slow cooker earlier because that is what we had for supper. Then, I had to sleep. Good Night!!
The rain did stop and John and I headed into Spiritwood. The first stop was to get my fishing license at the local Conservation Office. It was closed when we arrived so I will have to just go online and get it. Next we stopped in at the pawn shop to see if Shirley had any furniture that might work for the man cave. Unfortunately, she didn't have anything at the moment. I then headed over to the pharmacy, the hardware store and then the greenhouse. I managed to get everything I had come for so was quite pleased about that!!
Next, we hit the lumber yard and ordered the rest of the wood we needed to complete the fence. Hopefully, it will be delivered sometimes this weekend and we can get this darn fence done. Of course they didn't have the wire we needed so we will have to pick that up in Saskatoon next week.
We finally headed back to Leoville and I must say that the road repairs are coming along nicely. The road is much safer now since the huge heaves have been repaired. I only hope that re-paving is on the agenda this summer.
Gale and Charley came over for a quick visit and picked up the tiny tim tomatoes that I pick up for her in town.
It started to rain again and we retired to the man cave. When Gale and Charley left, Dave arrived followed by Gary and then Shirley. We had the makings for a party.....and we did.
Several beverages later, it was time for Marie to eat. It is a good thing that I had put a corned beef brisket into the slow cooker earlier because that is what we had for supper. Then, I had to sleep. Good Night!!
Thursday, June 6/2013
It rained off and on all night long and it smells absolutely wonderful this morning as I walk home from work. It was a good night so I am thankful for that. Most of the little lovies slept right through the night.
I am headed to bed now to catch a few winks and when I wake, perhaps the rain will have cleared up and John and I will be able to head into Spiritwood for the fence lumber.
Unfortunately it is still threatening to rain so there is no fun in loading and unloading wood in the rain so it looks like we will have to wait until tomorrow to hit the lumber yard.
Instead, we hung out in the man cave to pass the time until supper. One night shift, continuing to fight this lousy cold, cough and sore throat and 8 beer later, I was ready to crawl back into bed and that is exactly what I did once supper was done. Man, it is only 9:00 p.m. and I am so done for the day!!
Good Night.
John continued to watch TV and I did not even hear him when he finally came to bed. I was dead to the world. Please, someone....make this cold, cough and sore throat go away!!
I am headed to bed now to catch a few winks and when I wake, perhaps the rain will have cleared up and John and I will be able to head into Spiritwood for the fence lumber.
Unfortunately it is still threatening to rain so there is no fun in loading and unloading wood in the rain so it looks like we will have to wait until tomorrow to hit the lumber yard.
Instead, we hung out in the man cave to pass the time until supper. One night shift, continuing to fight this lousy cold, cough and sore throat and 8 beer later, I was ready to crawl back into bed and that is exactly what I did once supper was done. Man, it is only 9:00 p.m. and I am so done for the day!!
Good Night.
John continued to watch TV and I did not even hear him when he finally came to bed. I was dead to the world. Please, someone....make this cold, cough and sore throat go away!!
Wednesday, June 5/2013
I am up early and the sun is shining. I love it when the sun greets me in the morning. I sat and enjoyed a couple cups of coffee before I got the text from Gale saying she was ready to get her flowers into their pots.
Hogan and I then walked over to her place and we got busy. Man for flowers!! Well, with the task ahead, there was nothing to do but get started and before too long, the fifty thousand were all in their places and the various pots distributed through out her property. It will look totally awesome once they have settled into their pots and grow like crazy. Gale loves her flowers and it so reminds me of my Mom's love for her flowers. It is awesome that I can share this whole planting thing with Gale. It brings back lots of good memories for me.
With the flowers done, I noticed that Gale had not got her tomato plants in yet so I planted those too while I was there. Now all her planting is done and she is happy. The garden is all coming up too and since we planted hers before mine, hers is a few days ahead. I think every cucumber seed grew so there will be no shortage of cucumbers for us this fall!!
Hogan and I then walked back to the bus and spent the rest of the day relaxing. I have to work night shift tonight so will save what little energy I have for then.
All to soon, it was time to get ready and head over to the nursing home. It is a good thing I only have one night shift booked as we have lots of yard stuff to do before all the "kids" come for the father's day rally next weekend.
I am off to work........ Good night!!
Tuesday, June 4/2013
It is sunny out today and that is awesome. I have been watering the garden as there is no rain in sight and today, I can just see the tiny plants starting to come through the soil. Woo Hoo!!
I have to head over to the nursing home this morning to partake in some in service and then stay for a mandatory staff meeting so will be gone for at least 4 hours today.
There is a BBQ planned for lunch with pot luck salads so that will be cool. We will eat with the residents. That is always nice and they enjoy it too.
I was roped into helping our TLR (transfer, lift and reposition) instructor for the first few hours today as I was once a TLR instructor in Saskatoon. She needs a second person to assist with the training session today so asked if I would help out. Of course I said yes so now have to get into instructor mode for a few hours. It is always a good review though as to how NOT to hurt yourself when moving objects or residents.
The BBQ was awesome and sampling all the different salads was delicious!! So many salads.....so little room on your plate!! I went back for seconds, to hell with the burger!!
The mandatory meeting took two hours and I was back at the bus by 3:30.
John had spent the day rearranging stuff in the man cave and has now finally found the right place for the snakeskin and a few other things. The stained glass Roughrider sign is now hanging in the window and actually looks awesome with the sun shining through it. Kay certainly did good when she commissioned that piece of work for us.
The sun was still shining when I got home and it was "happy hour" so both John and I had cracked a beer and were sitting enjoying it when Gale text, asking if I would come help her plant the 5000 flowers she had bought when her and I went shopping in Battleford last week. WHAT!!!! She also wondered if John could come and cut her grass.
Gale has been fighting this lousy cold and flu crap going around and has not had any energy either. I sure know how she
feels so told her that I would come tomorrow morning to plant her flowers and John would cut the grass tomorrow as well. My energy for today was almost spent..... I can hardly get the beer can to my lips!!
Gale and Charley came over a while later and we sat around for an hour or so chatting before they returned home then, John and I got supper ready. There is hockey playoffs on again tonight so an evening in front of the TV was once again on the agenda.
It wasn't long before I was in bed. Man, will this cold and sore throat ever be gone?
I have to head over to the nursing home this morning to partake in some in service and then stay for a mandatory staff meeting so will be gone for at least 4 hours today.
There is a BBQ planned for lunch with pot luck salads so that will be cool. We will eat with the residents. That is always nice and they enjoy it too.
I was roped into helping our TLR (transfer, lift and reposition) instructor for the first few hours today as I was once a TLR instructor in Saskatoon. She needs a second person to assist with the training session today so asked if I would help out. Of course I said yes so now have to get into instructor mode for a few hours. It is always a good review though as to how NOT to hurt yourself when moving objects or residents.
The BBQ was awesome and sampling all the different salads was delicious!! So many salads.....so little room on your plate!! I went back for seconds, to hell with the burger!!
The mandatory meeting took two hours and I was back at the bus by 3:30.
John had spent the day rearranging stuff in the man cave and has now finally found the right place for the snakeskin and a few other things. The stained glass Roughrider sign is now hanging in the window and actually looks awesome with the sun shining through it. Kay certainly did good when she commissioned that piece of work for us.
The sun was still shining when I got home and it was "happy hour" so both John and I had cracked a beer and were sitting enjoying it when Gale text, asking if I would come help her plant the 5000 flowers she had bought when her and I went shopping in Battleford last week. WHAT!!!! She also wondered if John could come and cut her grass.
Gale has been fighting this lousy cold and flu crap going around and has not had any energy either. I sure know how she
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| Snakeskin is hung |
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| Getting ready for Rider season |
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| Whats a beer fridge without stickers |
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| Marie texting Kay |
Gale and Charley came over a while later and we sat around for an hour or so chatting before they returned home then, John and I got supper ready. There is hockey playoffs on again tonight so an evening in front of the TV was once again on the agenda.
It wasn't long before I was in bed. Man, will this cold and sore throat ever be gone?
Thursday, June 6, 2013
Monday, June 3/2013
The sun is shining this morning and it looks like it will be a nice day for a quad ride. It will be good to get out into the forest and see some more trails.
We headed down the North Road then took a trail off to the left. We had seen this trail several times and had always passed it by. Today, John decided to go exploring. Of course there are always "spur" trails associated with many of the main trails and we explored some of them. Many were dead end, one actually led us into a tree stand and bear bait area.
Eventually we found the main trail and were greeted with fields of dandelions. As you can see from the pics, the view was incredibly pretty. Nothing but yellow and green. The trail was actually quite awesome and at one point, the dandelions gave way to about a quarter mile of swamp. As we traversed this, I wondered what the rest of the trail had to offer us.
As it turned out, this was the only swampy area we had to cross and actually if one remembered not to drive in the other guy's tracks, the crossing was uneventful. At one refreshment stop I took the time to enjoy the numerous wood violets that were in full bloom. There is nothing like Springtime in the forest. It was so peaceful and quiet and if not for the sounds of the bees and the insects, there would have been no sound what so ever.
We carried on down the trail (which had now turned into a designated snowmobile trail) and eventually crossed and open field, encountered some cows and eventually were stopped by the Big River and all its surrounding marshland. I could see why this is a snowmobile trail and not a quad trail. There was no way that we were going any further in this direction. There was a sign on a tree saying "Leoville 5 kms".
We turned around, travelled the few miles back to another trail and carried on. Here we were able to access a designated wildlife area where only hunting "on foot" was allowed. As we travelled through his area, I marvelled at the absolute beauty of our forest.
Eventually, the trail spit us out onto Gun Club Road (or 8 mile trail, whatever you want to call it) and we then headed towards the trail that would eventually take us to the Huard Lake snowmobile shelter.
This trail provided us with a bit of a challenge today. Normally there are a few nasty little mud holes and water that needs to be crossed and we were not disappointed today either. One of the nastier spots had been excavated by Mr. Beaver so there was an issue of crossing one of his "runs". Some of these can be quite deep and require a good deal of skill to cross however, today, the run was not all that deep and both John and I crossed without incident.
We never get tired of looking at Huard Lake from the upper balcony of the shelter and today was no different. It is beautiful there and the lake was so blue, that and the surrounding greens of the forest combine for an awesome picture.
We heard a helicopter off in the distance and knew that the sound was coming closer. We thought it was a fire helicopter, checking the forest but once it came into view, we thought that is was perhaps a military chopper. It was huge!!
On leaving the shelter we had to once again cross several "wet" areas. Some years, these spots prove to be quite challenging and a winch is often required to get to the other side. Today, they were easily traversed and we were soon heading down the trail towards the Clearwater Grid. It was along this trail that the tell tale signs of extreme amounts of snow showed up. Many of the smaller pine trees were bent over into the trail because of the prolonged weight of the snow on them. It was slow going for a while but not difficult. One just had to slow down and move the trees as we came to them.
We made it to the grid then headed down the road towards the other side of Huard Lake. Of course we are not ones to stay on the main trail and once we hit the Huard Lake road, veered off on another trail that would spit us out back onto the main Huard Lake Road a little further down.
It was on this little "scenic" trail that we saw the huge wolf tracks. Wow, this was one huge beast and not one I would like to meet. Even the size of John's hand paled in the presence of these tracks. I put my hand down into the track and it would take one and a half of my hand's width to cover the track. Incredible!!
We soon found ourselves on the other side of Huard Lake. This is were people come to launch their boats so that they can fish for the jackfish that inhabit this awesome little lake. There was no one here (I love quadding during the week) but there were hundreds of swallowtail butterflies. It was awesome just sitting quietly watching them. Spring is definitely in the air!!
From Huard, we travelled to Vimy Creek and the lake. The last time we were here, the beaver damn had been compromised by another couple of quadders so we were interested in seeing how Mr. Beaver had made his repairs. He had indeed been busy with the repair and the flow of the water had greatly reduced however he still has some work to do. Although the water was not flowing at anywhere near the speed that it had been, there was still a lot of it flow through the damn.
From here we decided to head down the North Road, back towards town. I was getting tired so it was time to head home. Both John and I would rather not, ride the road home, so thought we might just take 8 Mile Trail over to Eddie's Trail then, access 3 Mile Trail. This would spit us back out onto the North Road 3 miles from town and we could ride the ditch into town. This would add at least an hour more to our day so we decided to make the decision as the which way to go once we hit 8 Mile.
As it turned out, we met Dave and Shirley just before 8 Mile so had to stop and share a refreshment with them. They were supposed to be riding with us today but Dave started feeling ill so decided not to join us.
Meeting Dave and Shirley, decided how we were heading home. After we finished our refreshments, it was even later in the day and most definitely time to head for town. We kept to the Grid all the way home, meeting up with Dave and Shirley again about 1 1/2 miles from town. They had gone to do some practise shooting when we left them the first time and now they too were headed back to town.
Back at the bus, the quads were put away and I headed to the shower. Oh dear, that bed is sooo going to feel good tonight!!
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| Our trail today |
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| Wood Violet |
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| Crossing a field of dandelions |
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| John heading down the trail - I think we will call this Dandelion Trail |
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| more wood violets |
We carried on down the trail (which had now turned into a designated snowmobile trail) and eventually crossed and open field, encountered some cows and eventually were stopped by the Big River and all its surrounding marshland. I could see why this is a snowmobile trail and not a quad trail. There was no way that we were going any further in this direction. There was a sign on a tree saying "Leoville 5 kms".
We turned around, travelled the few miles back to another trail and carried on. Here we were able to access a designated wildlife area where only hunting "on foot" was allowed. As we travelled through his area, I marvelled at the absolute beauty of our forest.
Eventually, the trail spit us out onto Gun Club Road (or 8 mile trail, whatever you want to call it) and we then headed towards the trail that would eventually take us to the Huard Lake snowmobile shelter.
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| Huard Lake shelter |
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| Overlooking the lake |
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| looking down on the quads from the shelter's deck |
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| Forces helicopter flying by |
We never get tired of looking at Huard Lake from the upper balcony of the shelter and today was no different. It is beautiful there and the lake was so blue, that and the surrounding greens of the forest combine for an awesome picture.
We heard a helicopter off in the distance and knew that the sound was coming closer. We thought it was a fire helicopter, checking the forest but once it came into view, we thought that is was perhaps a military chopper. It was huge!!
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| Wolf track |
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| Hes a big one |
We made it to the grid then headed down the road towards the other side of Huard Lake. Of course we are not ones to stay on the main trail and once we hit the Huard Lake road, veered off on another trail that would spit us out back onto the main Huard Lake Road a little further down.
It was on this little "scenic" trail that we saw the huge wolf tracks. Wow, this was one huge beast and not one I would like to meet. Even the size of John's hand paled in the presence of these tracks. I put my hand down into the track and it would take one and a half of my hand's width to cover the track. Incredible!!
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| Huard Lake |
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| Huard Lake picnic area |
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| Vimy Creek - the beaver dam |
From here we decided to head down the North Road, back towards town. I was getting tired so it was time to head home. Both John and I would rather not, ride the road home, so thought we might just take 8 Mile Trail over to Eddie's Trail then, access 3 Mile Trail. This would spit us back out onto the North Road 3 miles from town and we could ride the ditch into town. This would add at least an hour more to our day so we decided to make the decision as the which way to go once we hit 8 Mile.
As it turned out, we met Dave and Shirley just before 8 Mile so had to stop and share a refreshment with them. They were supposed to be riding with us today but Dave started feeling ill so decided not to join us.
Meeting Dave and Shirley, decided how we were heading home. After we finished our refreshments, it was even later in the day and most definitely time to head for town. We kept to the Grid all the way home, meeting up with Dave and Shirley again about 1 1/2 miles from town. They had gone to do some practise shooting when we left them the first time and now they too were headed back to town.
Back at the bus, the quads were put away and I headed to the shower. Oh dear, that bed is sooo going to feel good tonight!!
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| Beaver Lodge on Vimy Lake |
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