July 6th to 8th - 100 Mile

July 6th – Wed
We made good progress on the shed today. We put up 8 sheets of roofing and most of the metal siding. Terry might have dug deep for energy and put up more roofing but the batteries for the cordless drill had to be charged. Buck & Snow went “out for lunch” today with Buck tethered and Snow wandering free as she is a sucker for grain and easy to get back into the corral.
We also hung a couple of bat houses that Dad built earlier this year. Information that I found on the internet said to hang them at least 12 ft. above the ground so it is a good thing that Terry could lift me with the platform on the tractor.

July 7th – Thurs - Happy Birthday to Me!
Terry insisted that we take today off because it is my birthday and I didn’t protest too much. We played golf at Marmot Ridge in 100 Mile in the morning with only a few drops of rain and temperature warm enough that we were both in short sleeves. A group with beginners in front of us let us play through so we were able to move along at a nice pace.
Then we went to Williams Lake where we stopped at a couple of stores for small items, had lunch and then went to the casino. I fairly quickly lost most of my allowance and then started winning. Terry was also losing and joined me on the machines that were doing OK. Eventually I gave back all the casino’s money but kept what I started with. Terry didn’t do so well but we both had fun.
I had left some dinner for Dad to warm up so we went to a restaurant in 100 Mile for dinner to end a lovely day. When we got back about 7:30, I did the chores and then found that Dad hadn’t eaten dinner yet as he said he couldn’t find anything so I heated the leftovers for him.

July 8th – Fri
It was cold this morning but after breakfast we went out to work on the shed. We were standing in the barn which was a huge wind tunnel and decided that we could wait until it warmed up a bit and came back inside. Terry played games on the computer and I puttered around doing bits & pieces. I picked a huge handful of lettuce from Marg’s garden as it has gotten way ahead of us. Dad was in the shop painting some little tables that he made.
After lunch, we went back out as it had warmed up a lot. I lifted Terry with the tractor so he could put in the top row of screws in the roofing. He had to do this from inside the barn as the shed roof is the same pitch as the barn roof and starts only a little way below the barn eves which meant he would have to lie on his stomach on the shed roof to reach the top row. This did not sound too safe. We finished the metal siding which had previously been on the outside of the barn. Unfortunately, the barn is 5 inches longer than the outside of the shed (don’t even ask!) so we had to cut off the last sheet of siding just to keep things interesting.
Next we made a trip to make a couple of adjustments to the outhouse that we built. The guys didn’t put it together as we had planned so we trimmed a panel and added stops for the door that we forgot to include. Then we cut leveling boards for our 5th wheel and Marg’s motor home before hanging the last bat house.