May 27th to 29th - 100 Mile House

May 27th – Sun
I got a load of laundry going right after chores & breakfast and then helped Marg hook up her boat to go fishing with Quille. I caught up the blog & email while Terry took the top part of the 5th wheel hitch to the shop to sand & paint it as it had some rusty spots where the paint had rubbed or chipped off. We puttered around, had lunch and then went to play golf.
The little course here still has the $15 unlimited golf rate so we got a cart and played 18 holes. The weather was perfect for shorts and the mosquitoes didn’t show up until the last 2 holes.
When we got back, we discovered that the final ewe had twins while we were away. They are really tiny and didn’t look very old. But they were both quite vocal and feeding. I put mom & babies in a pen in the barn and set them up with feed & water before doing the rest of the chores.
We were sitting down to dinner when Marg got home. We didn’t have to wait for her as she was invited out for dinner – but she had to inspect the new babies first.

May 28th – Mon
We got going early this morning as I had a 9 o’clock appointment for a haircut and Marg had a 9:30 doctor appointment. She dropped me off and then I walked to the medical clinic when I was done. We picked up a few groceries and made 2 more quick stops before heading home. Terry had been pressure washing fences so I helped him while Marg planted peas. Rick and his friend Kim stopped by to say goodbye, bring scraps for the chickens and see the baby lambs.
After lunch we went wood cutting. Terry & Marg had pushed over a lot of dead trees, limbed them and hauled them to a clean area. Terry pushed over 4 more trees while Marg & I worked on the large chain saw. It finally started after we cleaned the air filter and put in a new spark plug – which of course required a trip to the shop to get the correct wrench. Terry lifted logs using tongs attached to the bucket on the tractor and Marg cut them to firewood length. The tongs are attached about four feet in from the large end of the log with the tractor in line with the log. When the bucket is lifted, the butt end of the log hits the underside of the bucket and the log is lifted above the ground which allows the chainsaw operator to stand at a comfortable height. I had the easy job of marking the length to cut the rounds and signaling Terry to move forward and lower or raise the log.
While we were working, Buck (small horse) went running along the fence. Marg had let him & Snow out to graze so Buck finally came to see the neighbor’s horses which causes problems. So Marg & I had to take time to catch him & escort him home. A ewe & lamb were out because Buck opened their gate again. Snow was calmly waiting in the sheep corral.
I started dinner and did the chores while Marg sharpened the saw and put the sheep into another field. Marg & I went to Nicole’s place (they are in France) and cut asparagus to add to a yummy dinner.
We had unexpected company when Marg’s friends Ted & Denise dropped in for a nice chat.

May 29th – Tues
We had another early start today as we didn’t want to be too late leaving for Kamloops. Before we left, while Marg was watering in her garden, Terry & I went to the neighbors’ place to pick up strings from hay bales for Dad to braid into short “ropes”.
In Kamloops, we stopped first at Costco and then to a computer store to buy a computer for Marg. Next to Superstore for fuel & groceries and WalMart for slippers for Dad and an ink cartridge. On to Princess Auto for a trailer jack, Price Matters for perogies, Summit Tools for sanding belts and Batteries Direct for, of all things, a battery. We grabbed a sandwich at Subway and hit the casino. At the computer store Terry realized that our golf clubs were still in the back of our truck. It started to rain at the tool store so we threw the clubs into the back seat – on top of the potato chips! –and rode 3 in the front to the casino.
We had fun at the casino. For the first time in a long while, both Terry & I won - $170 for Terry and $40 for me. Marg was ahead and would have done OK except we weren’t quite ready to leave then and she ended up spending her winnings & more.
We stopped at DQ in Cache Creek for dinner which included Blizzards for Marg & me. Terry & Marg unloaded everything while I fed the hungry critters.
Who says you can’t have happy hour at 8:30?