September 13, 2013

Writing today’s date and I started typing 19..for the year … wow.. already 13 yrs into this Century.. long time since I did that.

It was 45 in the trailer when I got up… and 35 outside.  I made my tea and soon Patty was up… I got the water going for the French Press she had brought for us. 

Around 8:30 we went to Ruxy’s for breakfast.  I called and left a message for Beth that we would be there. 

 She didn’t make it for breakfast but came around 10 to our place.  She had along the new Plat Map for Bayfield County.   It was confusing as most plat maps are…I looked up our address White Birch Rd wasn’t even listed… later I told Beth to look under East and sure enough there it was East White Birch Rd.. It was interesting to see who owned the hay  land to the E of us.

Beth brought the new Wild life Camera …I sent it back with her Labor Day weekend when she was home for Heidi’s wedding… she hadn’t gotten over here to set it up …so I got the batteries in and set up the time/date … and we went down the trail and strapped it on a tree… hopefully this one will last longer than the first one did… thankful for Wes for getting it replaced.

We decided to go to the Marina Beach in Port Wing to try the metal detector.   Steve came in and  asked if we should take two cars or if he should empty the back of the Van and put the seat up?  I said to put the seat up but Beth was okay with driving… good grief Steve that is what is nice about having a Van!!

We started heading to a beach and a liver colored Springer came to see us… Steve tried chasing it away and it thought he was playing with him… but then Murphy let him know he wasn’t welcome and he went back home.  Nice dog just wanted to say Hi…

We started down the path and got some hits but it was just junk… the only thing interesting we did find was a large old nail  bent at a 90 deg. angle…I am sure it was from the Fitzgerald! 

 

 

I threw a stick into the lake and Murphy went in after it…but it was too far and the water was cold… so I threw another one but he kept looking to go after the first one!

 

There was a group of ladies on the pier taking turns taking group pictures…so I went and offered to take one for them…one of them must have been afraid of dogs …because I heard one say "oh, here comes a dog"..  I told Murphy to “stay”  ..  I didn’t realize the boulders from the beach had a big crevise to climb over…but I found one that wasn’t big enough for me to fall into and climbed up there… I took one with someone's cell phone and then with the camera…but with the sun out I could just see enough of their outlines to take it… I couldn't really  tell if they turned out… sure hope it did…I took 2 on each camera. 

We got home and had lunch… Beth brought a great salad she had made .. feta cheese, almonds, apples, and greens…she brought a wonderful berry Vingrete to put over it… we had Pat’s Sloppy Joes…never get tired of those!! 

Steve went over and got the Lawn mower from the shed and the wagon…he forgot the bean toss boards that I planned to paint this trip.. I told him that and then I realized he didn’t because it would be better to paint them over there.

Steve and Pat were going to Iron River and as they were heading down the driveway I remembered I left the paint in the Van…I caught them in time to get it..

Beth and I went over to the shed and started painting them… I only brought 3 spray cans… thinking that would be enough… it was for just the tops…  Beth was concerned the puppy would be just a pain but she  learned quickly to stay away from what we were doing .… they dried in 15mins… we brought them back over to the yard and were going to play a game…but I left the bags in the Van…  

It wasn’t long and they were home … Steve said he supposed someone should mow…Beth offered… Since we weren’t going to the Port for Pizza that night I needed to get something for supper…so I went to the store and got some Pork Chops , chips for Beth’s home made salsa, and Ice cream since they bought root beer in Iron river!

I got back and  Beth was almost done with the one side… just like old times seeing her on the mower! 

 

 

 

She finished mowing and we got the game set up… it was fun and Steve even joined us!  Steve and Beth won but Pat and I did forge ahead in points so we weren’t totally blown away… Steve did think they were too far apart so we moved them closer and we girls practiced awhile…it did seem better closer.

It was getting colder so Beth got a fire started.. She played fetch with a tennis ball with Josie.  She could barely get it in her mouth…

I was getting the grill ready and couldn’t find the charcoal in the cubby in back… then I remembered the bag had gotten wet last time we were up  and I had put it into a pail…the cover had come off the pail and moisture had affected them…but I tried starting them anyway...after a lot starter fluid used it just was too damp and it crumbly..Beth suggested using wood… she and Rocky use that instead of Charcoal…Dan had brought a couple boxes of small oak slabs so Beth asked for a hatchet to chop them in smaller pieces.  Her Dad wasn’t sure it was a good idea for her to do that… he was worried she would chop a  finger off…she laughed at him and said she uses one all the time and is very careful!

 

 

 

I started carrying them over to the grill… when she was finished she got them situated right and started them… she said that the pork chops really would have been good with apple wood…so when we trim up our apple trees we will save that wood for BBQing…

 

 

This is so fun!!  Charcoal is costly and they say it isn’t good to eat food that often with it…we sure have plenty of wood here ..so here's to living more frugally when we retire!

 

The fire died down and I brought out the chops…Beth took over the grill…which is so nice for me!!  She sure was an expert on grilling!  They turned out just perfectly!!

 my mouth waters just looking at the pictures!

We just had the chops with the salad and the tomatoes Pat brought!  We ate out by the fire …it was getting colder and colder!  The Coyotes started howling so I came in to get the recorder… but they didn’t keep it up so I missed it!

Everyone was too full for floats…plus being cold outside, it just didn’t sound good anyway…maybe I should get some hot fudge for the ice cream.

Beth was getting tired and left for home…I sent a chop for Rocky…he is working a big tree trimming job in Bayfield… clearing for a view of the Lake..he wants the trees saved for fire wood so Rocky had to figure out how to haul them up to the top…I guess it is quite an incline..Rocky works so hard but he is worried that it will be too costly for the guy.. Beth said he was a neurosurgeon and certainly could afford it… plus he knows it isn’t going to be cheap!

Steve said whoever was the last one at the fire to spread it out and douse it with water… Beth didn’t’ think it was necessary …but I did douse it  like he said… good obedient wife that I am!

We were all tired from our day and  went to bed early.