Today Memorial Day was celebrated. We go up late today. After breakfast we walked the dogs then sat outside. Marsha called and we visited a bit. For lunch we had turkey bacon and Logan made us pancakes to go with it. We drove up to the Krause Interpretive site and Strawberry Lake Trailhead. At the trailhead, there were some hikers with loose dogs, so we hustled our dogs back to pickup. Everywhere we drive in the forest, we see lots of trees down. Many of them seem very healthy, so we wonder how the wind can bring them down. I know they call them microbursts - but the damage looks like a mini tornado. It rained some after we got home. And we fixed a hamburger and beans for supper.
Tue May 26
Again, it rained most of the morning. I fixed my hair so I could do the WW Zoom meeting. Tony Powell, our supervisor, called to ask about how the week-end went. I explained that we were pretty busy, but no major problems. We ate lunch and went to town later. We stopped at the container site to get rid of our trash. Next we went by the forest office to get a new map- but they were working from home. So we will check on that later. Our next stop was the grocery store and then home. We walked the dogs again - this is about 3 times per day. I talked to my sister Pam and she finally received her stimulus money. It came as a debit card and she almost threw it away, thinking it was another credit card offer. But she and JC figured it out. They want to buy a new TV. We went back to town for berries, because why not?
Wed May 27
We completed our routines this morning and I also did a little banking. We sat outside after our walk, it was a lovely day. Then we had lunch and walked again. We might have worked a nap in somewhere. Later we ate Pizza at Rosa's in town and then returned home. Later we drove to Swan lake and saw the Wildlife Refuge. Next we drove to Porcupine Creek Road and looked at the Mission Mountain Lookout. It can be rented from the forest service (Flathead National Forest, Swan Lake Ranger District). We sat outside and had a small campfire and then went to bed!
Thu May 28
I didn't sleep well last night. So it was 9:00 before I got up. We took a long walk this morning and then sat outside. We had lunch and watched Judge Judy. Logan ran around the loop. We dumped the sewer and guess what, the sewer alarm went off! I texted this info to our boss. Then we were off to town to get a clamp and string filter at the hardware store.While we were in town, we pickup up supper at the Dairy Queen.
Fri May 29
We did all the usual things this morning, breakfast, fix hair, walk dogs, do the chores. Tony Powell called about the sewer alarm, he said just turn off the breaker and he would check into it later. He is going to Libby camping this weekend. Steve & I went to town and did the laundry, washed the pickup and got lunch at the taco truck. We just took it easy when we got back to the RV. Later we had our supper. Again, the sewer alarm went off, so we turned off the breaker.
Sat May 30
We did all the usual things this morning and then sat outside. Echo Lake was packed! We had boaters, floaters, fisherman, swimmers, and all manner of folks here. There were tons of boats, kayaks, canoes and paddle boards. It got up to 84 degrees! While we were sitting outside, we saw the sheriff and a fire truck. Someone 's boat had caught on fire. They could barely fit the fire truck in here. Anyway the sheriff put the fire out with a fire extinguisher. I think the fireman took a report. Then a different game warden came by. It wasn't our usual guy, it was Chuck. Logan and I visited with him, but he never got out of his truck. He used to work this lake and now he is a sergeant and wants nothing to do with Echo Lake. I told him there were lots of folks here, but most of them were behaving. He agreed and said the main problem was parking. I also think the sheriff gave a few warning and tickets about parking while he was here. We took a drive in the afternoon and let Logan do some driving on the dirt road.
Sun May 31
We woke up at 6:00 AM. It was raining really hard. Then I went back to sleep. Later the wind and rain came in hard. The electricity went out at 8:15 AM. Pancakes and turkey bacon were what we had for breakfast. I fired up the generator so we could use our induction plate and microwave. We lost a tree here at the fishing access site. So after we did our routine chores, Steve sawed part of the tree and we were able to move it out of the main road. In the afternoon we listened to music outside and the guys chopped wood. For supper we cooked hamburgers and made S'mores over a nice little campfire. Sometime before dark, some guys came by with a chain saw and cut the remainder of the tree and moved it out of the circle drive part of the road.
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