Captain's Log #2

Tuesday, June 28 – Cindy and I left for the land to set up her tent and drop off the ATV’s so we could use the trailer to bring up the generator and supplies on the second trip.  We arrived at 4:30 p.m.  And these next words are directly from BS – and you will soon see why she has been nicknamed BS…….”put pop-up kitchen up and attached screen, unpacked most of the car and then it started raining.  Chrissy started mowing, Cindy unpacked car before the rain came in.  Rain started at 5:00.  Let up a bit so went out to set up Cindy’s tent. Just got it staked and skies opened up – cats and dogs came pouring and gusts of wind came howling thru the trees and barreling down the mountainside – Chrissy whistled at the bolt of lightening and BS said “Listen! An Elk!” LS just rolled her eyes.  Grabbed the ground cover from under the tent to cover exposed tent windows (Mistake – opps not a mistake, so saith Chris!) LS & BS soaked to the bone, shoes, socks, hair, clothes dripping – Ran to kitchen shelter and started rearranging (like all good women) after shuffling everything around a couple of times, got everything pretty level and decided to wait for the big stove to arrive to finish setting up the kitchen – 6:20 we decided we might as well eat dinner – Go ahead and rain on me now God!! So saith BS – Hamburgers, chips and water and pork& beans made gourmet by chef LS with KFC ketchup packets from lunch, hamburger grease and mustard!!  Water, water, water – where is the hot chocolate? Hot Tea? Schnapps? Coke?  WHERE?!?!  We’re dying here for something other than water.  How did those pioneers survive?!?!  Left our hamburgers half eaten when rain let up and we were off mowing and tent setting again.  Pulled out the Big, Humongous, and insanely gigantic plastic blue tarp and tried to figure out exactly how to use it effectively to cover exposed tent windows on BS tent, BS cursing Coleman for even making such a ridiculous f-----ing tent! (Aughhhh! LS ears burning!!!)  No luck with the BHIGP blue tarp – folded it up and stored the darn thing – BS finished unloading cars while LS kept plugging away at the extremely difficult butt burning mowing job.  Quite the mow job! You go girl! Started raining again – set up Coleman lanterns in kitchen, BS needed new mantels on her lantern. ”Can you read this? I can’t read the instructions!” said BS. Reading of fine print was left to the much younger LS with her one good close up eye! Which only works on rare occasions in bright light!   Stopped raining, set up beds in tents, started raining again and the wind came in like a mighty Lion.  Like we have actually seen a mighty lion come into anything.  That’s it! Good night – BS slept, LS did not.  Monster Wind? Bears? BS tent zipper? Airplane? Refrigerator running?  No wonder, “sleepless in Montana”.

Always time for Brownies!

Setting up the kitchen!

 

 

Wednesday, June 29 –Up @ 5:30 am. Figured out which way was East!  Fixed 1 cup of coffee for both to share, since LS left her mug back in Poky!  Immediately started mowing, unloading of ATV’s, more mowing – Dishes, seal up kitchen and tents and head on back to Poky at 8:30. – Passed huge lumber truck on his way up the road with a crane, backhoe, post hole/well diggers.  Yea!  If they can deliver on this road, OUR lumber truck will be able to!  ½ way home wind came up so strong we were blown all over the place, got home later than expected.