MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND-2006

We were ready for a warm weekend. We had been going to II and spending the nites there as the days only warmed up to the 60's and the nites dropped to the mid 30's and 40's. That was fine, as the cooler weather allowed us to clear some old brush piles that remained, and a few other cool weather projects that needed done.
But Memorial Day Weekend held promise of warmer weather. We headed to II on Thurs evening after work. Had a quick bite to eat then jumped on the mowers and got that out of the way.
Friday morning, we packed up and headed for III. We got there about 9:30 and the temperature was already in the 70's. I headed for the rider and started my mowing while herself did the usual. Anyway she got back from who knows where around 1:00 PM. And I know the only reason she came back then was because she was hungary. I had finished most of the mowing, having only the trails to finish, so we had a sandwich, a short break, and off to finish the mowing.
It had rained 3/4" a few days before we arrived, but the topsoil was dry. I was covered with dust, dirt, grass and weed clippings, you name it. So my first job after the mowing was to get our outside shower going. I hauled 30 gal of water down to our water reserrve(trash can), then hooked up the propane tank, installed batteries in the pump, lit the heater, and I was ready to go. I went and got my clean clothes, soap, etc and headed for the woods. We had been dreaming of a shower since last year, as it is so much better then just cleaning with a washcloth. IT WAS GREAT!!
The next day (sat) we worked on finishing the screen room, adjusting doors, installing hooks, etc. It is now done except for some flooring of some sort. I thought to myself, this is great, now we can rest and do whatever the rest of the weekend. WRONG!!!!! Herself cannot rest, and when she cannot rest, I feel as though I have to help. Anyway, we now have to build a little storage shelter for all my tools, oils, gas, etc. All her stuff goes into the cabin, my stuff goes outside.
Anyway we build a little roofed storage area, got it finished, and moved all my stuff into it.
The rest of my "free" time I did battle with the carpenter bees. They try to build their nests in the 2X4's under the porch, and I try to kill them. I think I finished off approx 20 to 25 of them, but there is a few left. I will not fail. At one time, on Friday afternoon, we were being swarmed with them. I had a can of spray killer in each hand and got several of them, but had to give up when I ran out of ammo.
The Frey's and Craig's and Johanna all came down. We all had a good time, had fun riding the 4-wheelers, and had some pretty good potato soup. You will have to ask herself about that dietary delacasie(SP).
Herself and I really love it at III. Peace and quiet. At nites we listen to the whip o wills, coyotes, whoot owls, etc.