Friday, May 20, 2011
The mosquitoes weren't back yet in the morning, so I spent some time outside by the lake with Orla. She waded in the water while I soaked a worm. I had some success but threw them all back. The lake was like glass and the loons were calling most of the night and into the morning. I had the window open a crack all night so we could hear them.
The cleaning girls were coming at 10 a.m. so John said that Dave told him the water was all set in Birch. So I turned on the hot water heater and we were good to go. They arrived at 10:15 a.m. (most of them) and started to make my day. They cleaned up Birch, and made all the beds, etc. for customers to use it. I had noticed some things that had been missed in other cabins so they took my list and worked on them too.
After the cleaning girls left, I checked the cabin and it looked great. The picture is of Birch. We put a new bathroom in and had the floor sanded down and refinished it. I am very happy about how it turned out. A door needs to be replaced on the main entrance, but that is all that still needs to be done.
I found an oak shelf in the basement and cleaned it up. I put it in Birch to hold all the books, etc. I also put the vinyl recliner on the porch and the adirondack chair in the living room. I love to play house with the cabins. Tomorrow I will hang up some pictures and decorate a little in there.
Later I put sliding pads on the chairs, etc. in Alder. The new wood floor would be scratched up pretty quick without those. John was priming the outside trim boards that were put around the new windows. So I talked to him through the window while we worked.
John and I had started up the water in the Maple cabin in case the girls finished with Birch. He turned on the water and I checked all the valves, etc. in the cabin. It took us awhile to figure out which valve turned on the tub. It doesn't make sense how it is plumbed but we figured it out. It has been re-plumbed twice now and because of issues with the shower pipes freezing, we had to shut it down for the winter. So anyway there is only one little leak and that is the kitchen sink's spray hose. Other than that, it was ready.
We then checked on Balsam but there wasn't any power. We had a storm go through last fall which took down some trees, which in turn took down some wires. We still haven't fixed that problem because the ground was too frozen to dig holes for new posts. So when Dave gets back from his 2 day trip, he will fix them hopefully. He said he would anyway. We offered to call the local electrical contracting company but Dave said he could fix it.
The mosquitoes arrived in the evening. Our customers had been outside throwing a ball around, etc. and they got bit up. They didn't care though because they were having fun. The mosquitoes won't be so bad this year though because they didn't start before the bats came back. The bats were here before they were. So that's great.
Our customers arrived about an hour after I had got their cabin ready. So that was perfect timing. We talked with them awhile and then they went kayaking. It was a beautiful, sunny day.
I organized some things in the basement, took out all my houseplants and put them outside, cleaned up the lodge, loaded up the bar refrigerator with beer and soda and turned that on, swept, did some paperwork, some laundry, and various little jobs. It was a good day.
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