June 2nd - 100 Mile House - Amazing Challenge

June 2nd – Sat
We had a big day today. A lot of the work we have done lately – cutting wood, power washing, weed eating – has been in preparation for the Amazing Challenge held in 100 Mile which is a “race” based on the Amazing Race from TV. Marg volunteered her farm as a “road block” for the race. There were 4 challenges that the contestants could choose from. “Stack” was using an ATV & wagon to pick up a load of firewood and stack it, “Stick” was pick up sticks from a designated area onto burn piles, “Brush” was paint either the chicken house or corral fences and “Shovel” was clean the chicken house. We started the day by splitting more wood as we knew that possibly 10 teams would pick up wood. The pile had very large rounds that Terry had to put onto the splitter and it was destined for the small stove so we had to split it smaller. Marg & I were marking areas to pick up sticks when Terry came out at 10:30 to say that the volunteers to man the “road block” had arrived.
The first team of 4 contestants arrived about 11:30. The teams did not know what each category entailed but 7 of the 16 teams that made it here picked “Stack”. We had 2 ATVs and wagons to haul the wood. Marg – on Quilles ATV - led them to the wood piles and escorted them back so she was kept busy. Terry directed the ATVs to the stacking area and returned ATVs to the yard. I worked with the people who were painting and also made sure that some of the teams were stacking the wood correctly. Marg also gave rides to teams that were picking up sticks.
The last team left about 1:30 and I was already in the house making lunch with Terry & Dad. After lunch, Marg & I cleaned the second half of the chicken house. It really didn’t take very long but I was certainly glad that we had masks and hair coverings as it was really dusty. Then Marg & I decided that we would paint some fence panels since we had brushes with paint on them. Only 3 groups selected “Brush”, so only 3 sides of the chicken house and 4 fence panels got painted. Marg & I painted nearly 3 panels before we ran out of paint in our little buckets at the same time that it started to thunder – must be time for happy hour!
When we were sufficiently recovered we made spaghetti & salad for dinner. Somehow 1 1/3 bottles of wine disappeared with dinner so we are all relaxed. It was a lot of fun with the “challenge” but it is nice to have it over with.