Friday, October 29, 2010.
The picture is of John using his chainsaw the last couple of days on all the trees that have fallen around here. We had wind gusts up to 50 mph and a lot of trees fell. Thankfully none fell on cabins. The trees in the picture are on the hill leading up to the Balsam cabin.
We left early today to go up to Ironwood. We had to get the Chrysler balanced and tyrods put in. I drove the Chrysler and got there only about 6 minutes late. I was supposed to get there at 9 a.m. but John asked me to help move some weights around first. He wanted to donate the weight bench and weights to the Goodwill store in Ironwood. We have had them taking up space in our basement. So he finished loading up the stuff while I raced to the repair shop.
John picked me up and we dropped off the weight set at Goodwill. Then we went for a hike by Peterson Falls. Its amazing that there is such a beautiful falls so close to our resort (24 miles). The water was just gushing over the falls, obliterating the island at the bottom of the falls. We had never seen so much water flowing there. Not even in the spring. It was amazing. Senna, our Golden Retriever, came with us. She was a very good girl and didn't roll in anything stinky.
We did some errands, ate lunch and then picked up the Chrysler. We did some more errands individually and then we met at home.
Before it got dark I finished cleaning Aspen. I had already cleaned the kitchen and made the beds a week or so ago, so it was half finished. When I was finishing, Dave came over to ask where John was. John was taking out the main pier by the boat ramp. So Dave went down to help him.
John and I had teamed up earlier to remove another pier. I drove the Toyota LandCruiser forward very slowly while John lifted the pier's supports over rocks, etc. He is amazing with his upper body strength. If his legs weren't disabled, he would probably be a formidable force. He is impressive already with just his upper body strength. For instance he could kayak all day in 4 foot waves and be fine. In fact, he's done just that.
So we got one pier out and John was going to finish tying it up to the shore, etc. when I went to finish Aspen. So now Dave was helping John, which was good. Later John told me that they got a lot done and that John was happy with the status of the piers, etc. He still has to take out the boats and motors, but he said he will do that tomorrow.
I took the cleaning supplies up to Alder when I was finished with Aspen. I stripped the bed up there and took the dirty laundry down to the basement. I started a load of laundry and sewed for a little while. John came into the basement later with Senna and she ran over to greet me. She is so cute. She was soaking wet from swimming after rocks. She was even shivering a little. I toweled her off and she wagged her tail the entire time.
I vacuumed the trim and wood floor in our living room. The dirt was bothering me. No one else would probably see it, but I did. How could I relax watching television while there were dust bunnies hiding under the TV stand? Our cabins are way more clean than our house.
John and I did some paperwork and computer work and then we relaxed for the night starting around 7 p.m. We had gone out for lunch so we just ate leftovers. Then we watched the movie, "Invictus" with Matt Damon and Morgan Freeman. It was such an amazing movie about Nelson Mandela that I think everyone should watch it.
We had a good day. It was a little different in that both of us left the resort for awhile. It is getting to be that time of year when we can do that. It was fun.
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