July 6, 2018 Celebrating Freedom With Family

One of our three bull elk.

Returning from a hike. . .

. . .and 14 minutes later!

Ready to party!

Monday 7/2. I made a "quick" trip Down There for some perishables and was home by noon.  Five of our neighbor's cows were on our road, so made a call to Larry to see if he could get in touch with the neighbor and let him know.

Picked up the game cam card on my way.  Wow!  Look at that bull elk that is just one of three who seem to be hanging out together.  Then there is the bear that was just 14 minutes behind us on a hike.  Also got a cow elk, several deer, a coyote and a few more bears.

Did lots of last minute things to get ready for our guests, but couldn't build a fire because it was so windy.

Tuesday thru Thursday 7/3-7/5. Fortunately, the weather was very cooperative with mostly cloudy skies and temperatures in the mid 60's to 70 on the 4th.  Thursday was our hottest day with a high of 82.

There was a total of eleven of us, including three children, and we had so much fun.  Played a game Tuesday night that JB's nephew had brought up and laughed so hard that my stomach hurt.  There was no wind, so we had a fire and s'mores Tuesday evening.  Good food and good times in our land of the free.

One of JB's brothers and sister-in-law stayed over til noon on Thursday.  Was so nice to have such a long visit with them.  And they were able to see a couple of our woodchucks.

A tech from the propane place came up on Thursday and fixed our problem with the generator.  He just had to adjust the propane input and now all is well.

Elsie called late Thursday afternoon to let us know about a fire west of us.  It was close to 300 acres, but the Forest Service was on it right away.  JB listened on the short-way radio to the goings-on.

Friday 7/6. It is 60 and partly cloudy this morning with the possibility of rain this afternoon.  Looks like the crew did a good job on the fire.

Thought for the day: Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people.  A nation does not have to be cruel in order to be tough.  Franklin D. Roosevelt