Back to the Bunker

Been a week since since Carol and I returned from our lake camp vacation. As the hot summer temperatures dominated the weather at home it had carried on farther north to the camp with a big exception, the breeze from the lake itself. Ian had joined us for the first three nights, he and I managed to get in 9 holes at the local golf course. He also took out one of the kayaks to visit a point directly across the lake and followed that with a paddle up a adjoining stream he last visited as a youngster in a canoe with brother-in-law Jim and I as we were doing some fishing. Kind of disappointed that Carol and I didn't kayak for all the preparation we did to bring them along. Better luck next year. Otherwise we biked the camp road, took a long drive around the greater region, did a couple of projects for the camp (assembled a new fire pit, a level concrete pad for the grill to sit on) relaxed and watched the sunset.

Once back home more yard stuff and dealing with changes to the unemployment requirements. Need to start actively looking for work. Wasn't necessary during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Still a couple of months until my real retirement.

Old news

Written updates from two-three weeks ago, been a little too busy to finish it up back then.

Still mostly on the hot side of the weather situation but better than shoveling snow I always say. We did have a several downpours daytime and overnight over the last couple of weeks. Easier to hold my tongue about the heat as we have something like green grass growing in the backyard. Other than a few errand runs I've been holding down the fort here on Ledge Hill. I did leave the bunker to visit one of my brothers a couple of weeks ago. He and his wife bought a "handyman special" RV camper that he then rebuilt the front of (a lot of neglect) and some other fixes while his wife redid or cleaned up the insides and adding her own touches. They did a great job on it and promptly took off to a wilderness campground up near Moosehead Lake area. Can't wait to hear about their experiences. (update has a great time!)

I did get a portion of the yard makeover started with big help from my brother in law Jim. We dealt with the camper parking place next to the garage and widening some places where the driveway narrows using gravel. I had rented a compacter to settle it down solid.

Finally visited my mother. Picked her up, bought a couple of sandwiches, ate at a nearby park. Took a ride around the greater area including the neighborhood we use to live in. Good time for the two of us to get out and around.