Ah...another
Memorial Day Weekend! ..and this year, unlike ALL the previous
few...Joe was actually here with us for this adventure into
Black-Fly Land!...a full time resident of the Grand State of Maine
now! Hats off to That!!...and speaking of hats....ever the
generous soul that I am...I have GLADLY turned over my favorite
plumbing hat officially to Joe! Am I not the most sharing person
you could ever want to meet??
We got a real head start of the grand camp opening routine this
year, when Joe and I decided a few days BEFORE M.D. Weekend to go
down and get some basics done... Joe got the water in... we got
the beds all made, and a majority of the dishes done... the power
and phone turned on. This was a GREAT idea! It meant we had an
EASY four day weekend at camp! Kate and Sandy came up, to open
their camps, and we got to help some...I say WE, but of course it
was Joe to the rescue!
In preparation for the weekend, I had started some beans baking on
Thursday, so we and the nieces could get together for dinner at
the big camp on Saturday night...well my intentions were
good...but after baking all day Friday AND all day
Saturday...those beanies were still Rock Hard! .we went out to eat
at the Homestead instead! Sunday night? The beans STILL weren't
cooked! I GAVE UP, and opened some canned beans. Man I hate that
when that happens!
Meanwhile...while Saturday was a pretty good day (so we got the
lawns mowed!)..Sunday and Monday came off rainy. Great weather for
playing cards, it was! We got to play cards at Kate's camp on
Saturday night...first time in Kate's new camp!! Wahoo!! :o) Then
on Sunday night we all sat around the great fire that Joe built in
our woodstove and talked 'til we dropped! Monday, we
all headed for our respective homes!
This will be our first family summer with Joe actually in
residence, and with my Kate not there...funny how life on the lake
keeps evolving! As it always has...
more
next time!!
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