August 1-15, 2024 Checking Out Things in the Neighborhood

1-Thu-Today we checked the car count and sent that to our boss. Steve worked on the pickup fan. I sat outside with the dogs. Later I paid some bills and Steve looked for parts. Tony P was here and I signed the paperwork for the stipend. After lunch I talked to the insurance agency about our claim. They said it is OK to wait until September when we get home to get started on the repairs. I also talked to my sister Marsha today. It got up to 90° today.

2-Fri-We were up at about 8:00 today. We sat outside after doing our regular morning routine. The Game Warden was here from 1:30 - 3:00. Sydney came by about 3:00 and stayed an hour. Then we watched TV and took it easy.

A lovely sunflower growing out of a pile of rocks.

3-Sat-Today I sat outside with Sara (a boat education volunteer) for about 30 minutes. We monitor the lot and incoming boats. After lunch I kept a check on the lot. Tony P was here about 3:00 for a half hour. My niece and her husband are at Mayo’s with my great nephew trying to get a diagnosis on his health problems. He has had a rough spring and summer. We are hoping that Mayo can help him. 

4-Sun-Routine morning. We had some rain in the afternoon. It cooled off enough  that I made chili for supper.

5-Mon-I fixed my hair and we went into town after we did the chores. We needed to haul our trash off and go to the grocery store. I had to get people off the dock four times today. Sometimes people are just obstinate. 

We saw this old truck at the trash dump (container site)

This is the view this morning

We saw this mama and baby on our way home.

6-Tue-Another pretty routine day. We just hang out and keep an eye on things. We did have some rain today. 

7-Wed-This morning we walked around the loop road. Then we did our chores and drug the hose over to give the bathroom a good washout. We enjoyed our morning sitting outside. We checked out the DNRC side today also.

These are pictures from the loop road. Some people are doing construction up here. We will see next year what has been completed. 

8-Thu-After lunch we went to Walmart in Kalispell. We left about 1:00 and were home by 3:30. Normally we try to go in the  morning because it seems less busy. I am not sure why we went late today.

We saw these two during our walk this morning.

This is construction on La Brant (not the loop), We are curious about this too.

9-Fri-I guess the main thing we did today was some weed eating. We also worked on keeping an eye on things. I didn’t write down anything else. 

Sunset

10-Sat-After we finished the morning routine we sat outside awhile. Tony was here at 11:30. We  monitored the lot. Later we made a quick trip to Bigfork for some items to include in our supper. It seems I always need to fill in with something. I can never get everything we need in our Walmart trip.

11-Sun-OK this morning when we got out and about, we noticed that someone had parked on the outgoing road. Boy did that make me mad. We sat outside until noon. We put a note on the window of the vehicle and kept a watch until he came back to his vehicle. I gave him a good talking to and explained that is against the rules and is unsafe! He apologized and said he will not do it again. We went in for lunch and then we sat out again from 1:30 to 2:15 and re-checked at 3 PM. 

This is how the guy was parked!

This is his parking ticket.

12-Mon-We completed our routine chores. after lunch we gathered up the trash and let the dogs ride with us to haul it off. We picked up mail. It was a birthday card from Kristi and the pickup fan switch. 

This is the really cute camping birthday card Kristi sent me!

Some night shots taken at 10:15 PM.

13-Tue-We got up at 8:30 this morning and I guess we were slow or lazy. We didn’t walk until 11 AM and then did the chores. We decided to go eat at Echo Lake Cafe about 12:30. We got home about 1:45. If you are ever at Bigfork, MT, got to Echo Lake Cafe and have breakfast. Their food is really good. Steve fixed the fan switch on the pickup today. They had a little fish tournament tonight. We just had a light supper because our brunch was very filling.

The wooden Indian outside the Echo Lake Cafe.

A picture in the Cafe.

This is the muffin we got and shared. 

14-Wed-Today we gathered up our laundry and went to town. We were home by about 1:30 PM. Nothing too exciting today. 

15-Thu-It rained overnight. We sat outside after doing our chores. Sydney was here about 11:30 and we had a nice little visit. I had to educate some people about the dock again today. That is nothing new. Although this year it does seem that I have had to talk to fewer people about it. It is just dangerous when we have a lot of boats launching.