After
coffee & toast, Terry took the motorcycle and I drove the truck &
trailer to Larry & Barb’s lot. No
use loading up the bike for a short trip.
Larry had some gravel put in to widen & level the entrances to the
lot so Terry thought he could pull in one side, make a semi-circle to the other
side and back up to a parking spot. We
are continually amazed by the overall length of the truck and smaller trailer
and quickly discovered that the turn was not going to happen. So Terry had to back out onto the road and
back in from the road.
We
had to make a trip to town for bug spray – there are tons of mosquitoes
here! We had lots of time so we wandered
the entire ACE Hardware store which includes a large, separate section for
housewares. We had a sandwich when we
got back, started a fire and Larry & Barb showed up about 1.
Now
we got down to work. Barb & I
cleaned up & burned. Terry got Larry’s
new chain saw going and they took out all sorts of stuff in short time. Larry hauled limbs & stumps to the fire
and Barb & I continued to burn.
We
had a drink before we all went to the Elk’s club for steak dinner where we also
had a couple more drinks. Luckily Barb
was the DD as Larry had way too much fun.
L&B are staying at a motel so they dropped us off and headed to bed.
May 17th – Sat
The
guy who did the gravel work here showed up just before 8 to get paid. L&B weren’t here yet but a quick phone
call verified that they were on their way.
We
started another fire and really got down to the business of burning brush. L&B were here a week ago, cut a lot of
stuff down and pushed the limbs against shrubs beside the driveway. We got a system going where Barb dragged
brush close to the fire, Larry & I cut it into pieces that would fit in the
large fire ring and Terry put the armfuls of wood onto the fire. Terry got that job because he was wearing a
long sleeve T-shirt and could take the heat from the fire on his arms.
As
I mentioned a couple of days ago, we got hot dogs for lunch and cleverly waited
until just before it started to rain to start cooking them over the fire! We put out the awning so we could be dry to
eat, moved inside for a while when a cold breeze came up – and then the rain
stopped and the sun came back out.
We
were amazed that we got everything done that L&B had planned and it was
still only about 2:30. Larry & Barb
returned to the motel for a nap so we took the bike to the casino again. Finally it was my turn to let us play slots
for a couple of hours and not spend any money.
L&B
got back shortly after we did and we all went to the Shilo Inn for their HH
food & drinks. We had a nice view
from the second story window and enjoyed our dinner.
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