October 6, 2014 Achy Muscles & A Moose!

Dinga checking out our work.

Friday 10/3. Left for Down There at about 8:30 am.  No hurry today, so I am just going to slow down and enjoy.  Got what I wanted at Shopko, then drove to Coastal for a new open water pan for the girls.  JB had found a treatment for livestock water tanks that prevents algae and other gunk from growing.  It is called Stock Tank Secret and is a barley straw treatment.  Their plastic water pan is beyond saving, so I bought them a metal one.  We'll see how well this all works.

Picked up a few groceries, then checked out the two Goodwill stores.  Was a bit disappointed, but did manage to spend $3.50 on four items.  It was a fun trip and I was home by 1:00 pm, after picking up some tomatoes that Elsie had left out for me and letting their dogs out for a bit.

After lunch I split three wheel barrow loads of wood and stacked it.  Not nearly as much as Randy split today, I'm sure. . .

The change to Fall colors seems to have slowed way down.  There is still lots of green and yellow in places I thought for sure would be orange and red by now. 

Saturday 10/4.  It was 57 and overcast this morning.  Since Larry has gone moose hunting, Elsie asked if I could come help at the store today.  It was quite busy, so the day passed quickly.

After dinner we watched Lions For Lambs with Robert Redford.  I think this is a movie that every American should see.

Sunday 10/5. It was 54 and clear this morning.  Randy called and we had a nice chat.  He is still busy splitting wood, but he did take time off to take his side-by-side UTV in to get a snow plow put on.  I'm sure he will put that to good use this winter.

After breakfast we finished limbing the tree with the chain saw.  Lots of big mistletoe branches.  Then after lunch JB cut the tree in half.  He cut the top half in half again and was able to pull the pieces up one at a time with the tractor.  He cut the bottom half into three pieces and had to use his Wrangler to get them up.  Upon finishing this, all we could do was sit on the porch and ache.  Our high for the day was 73.  Dirty, sweaty and achy got rinsed away in a nice, hot shower.

Tomorrow JB will cut the logs into 16" rounds and we will move them to the splitter in the tractor bucket.  On Tuesday he plans to take the snow blower to a shop Down There to get it fixed.  For sure, this time.

Talked to Elsie on the radio this evening.  Larry got his moose!  A friend of theirs has a refrigerator truck in which they will keep it until next weekend when they can cut and pack it.  I am going to help so I can see how it is all done.  Never had a moose steak before.

Monday 10/6. This morning is 60 and clear.  Lots of work to do today, including getting ready for a good friend of ours who is coming up to visit tomorrow.  Haven't seen her for more than two years.

Thought for the day: The deterioration of every government begins with the decay of the principles on which it was founded.  C.L. De Montesquieu