O.K. so since it takes Scott so long to blog, I guess I have to take over. I'm his wife, Teresa, and there is quite alot going on now. Since he wrote we had a gift pack from one of our great friends, Alysa, and it contained a snake repellent. Well, guess what? Someone didn't think it was needed at this time of year, and when I went out to move the four wheeler because of the weather, almost smashed the snake! Yea, I was like what the heck! Thought it was a stick. I gently tried to move it, and it wasn't liking it. I finally got it in the bushes. It was funny, cause I was just going to pick it up cause that's the way I was raised, but thought better not. O.k. here we go on with the rest of what has been happening. We had some great friends and family for labor day which it was such nice weather so nothing but great times. We were running out of good drinking water though, so that was scary. Scott went and worked on the Chars house and got some more water so we were good to go until the chili cook off. We were expecting alot of people but only Edward, and his kids, Stacy, and Ryan, and kids and Kim and Dave. So anyway, we had a great chili to put in the competition, not to much salt like last year. It didn't win though, one like we made last year won! They made it right! So then it was time to dance dirty and give Ray a dollar bill for his 70th birthday. Of course I was the only one out of our party to do this, go figure. It was a fun time, and he was really surprised! O.K. Let"s move to the next weekend. Scott told Kim and Dave he would do their deck for booze. Wasn't worth it! It would of been if his compressor would of been able to run his nail gun. NOT! So what was suppose to take him one day, took 4! It looks great, but talk about working for a dollar an hour! So Scott left me last monday to help our daughter on her house. Which he thought would of took two days took 4. It really sucked cause he had to sleep on the couch. Wouldn't of been bad, but had a friend Miko that wanted love. That is char's cat. lol. If you don't give Miko love, Miko scratches your face. lol So anyway, he was able to get alot done, but we are going down this weekend so he can finish the kitchen, and she can have it all done to have a Halloween party!!! We will be having a yard sale this saturday and sunday at her house also to raise money for the poor people that live in the mountains! lol

These were a few of the pictures of the fun we have had. The snake and one of our new friends

;-), the big squirrel. I think I need to post this one before I can ad new pics.

OK so 1:35 am Sat the 17th morning. We have the Smith clan cousins with us tonight, along with Ryan so much fun.

Jump to the 22nd, yikes I am a lame blogger. Well what Tony said is true, it's hard to have something to write all the time. We went into Dinosaur Colorado on Monday the 19th to check it out. I blinked and almost missed it. Stopped in Vernal on the way back to do some shopping and some laundry, that Laundromat sucked the big one but was still better than the one in Duchesne. All in all, not a bad trip. On Wednesday night it was kind of hot and we were both having a hard time going to sleep when Teresa said, "I hear something eating outside" So I thought that I was all smart and said " I know what it is, I had to fix the decoration by the door the other nigh" So I went and moved the decoration and was all proud of myself just to have Tease scream, " No it's chewing on the trailer" It was a pack rat, I say was because I had to hunt him down to get him out of the storage area of the trailer. Oh lord please let him be the only one. please please please.... Went out on the boat today and I caught a Rainbow Trout, I had no idea that they even stocked Rainbows, I guess they did last year. It and two perch are now being smoked om the Barbey, MMMMMM, I hope. That's all for now, keep smiling.

Today is Sat the 10th, I think?? As you can see I have decided to only write every few days, this will give me more to write about. So on Thursday we were getting ready for our trip to the big city, Price won out on the city of choice. In the morning while getting ready to go to the city I always pop the hood to check for chipmunk nests and or mice trying to make a nest. So of course I pop the hood and start looking around for a nest and see a snake looking back at me, that's right, a snake. It was about a 4 ft long Garter Snake, I guess he was looking for mice or chipmunks as well. It took me about 20 minutes to finally get him out. So after the snake, we loaded up the truck and went to Bever... Price. One of our duties on this day was Teresa's second trip to the laundry, I must say that the Sudsy Duds was a much nice place than the one in Duchesne. The drive between Price and home was an awesome drive, the landscape is amazing, the pine trees are so dense you couldn't walk through it, no way. After a trip to Walmart and Smiths for some shopping, it was back home we go.

Friday was a work day for the most part, well as much as we could before the rain started to fall, AGAIN. It has been blooming up every afternoon for the most part. I should say it has been nice as far as keeping it cooler at night. Repainted the benches and chairs today as well as some other maintenance, pulling weeds and straightening out rocks along the roads as well as raking the gravel. WOW we just got buzzed by a military helicopter, is there anything going on that we need to know about. So today was allot like yesterday was, we were coming back from a ride and were going back to the trailer and SNAKE!!!, two snakes in two days, here it has been 10 yrs and I have not seen one snake any were near our property and now two in two days. HMM is this a trend we don't want to see,? I think yes. I believe that the first snake was the papa and the one today was the mama, hope we don't start seeing the babies. So I have been teaching Teresa how to play cribbage, she's not a fan yet. However I did whip her in Family Guy Monopoly. Keep Smiling.

Monday the 5th, this was the 5th day of the 4th of July weekend. It started out with a walk of course, but this time there was a friendly little Shar Pei and his friend the Yellow Lab. All I can say is it is a good thing for all involved that I was not carrying on this walk, I was on our second walk of the day however. Today was allot of work and play. Like I said before we did two walks today, took and ATV ride to the Blue Lagoon, we hung out on the cliff edge watch the comings and goings of the campers all around us. I built a new trail from campground loop A to the fire and horse shoe pits, Tease is going to rock the side as usual so it's easy to follow. We are talking about a day trip to the big city, we are wondering what big city it should be, Price, Vernal or just Roosevelt? For now we are leaning towards price, never been through that pass and would like to check it out. Looking forward to having people up on the 17th. Keep Smiling

Happy Real 4th of July, not the Utah version. I must say the walk was the best part of the entire day. Average temp 55 and rain and wind on and off all day. Global warming, I think not. This has got to be the coldest 4th we have ever had up here. Well I found out that everything in Duchesne is most definitely closed. Two gas stations were open and that's it. We have watched more TV today then we have in a long time. Got to love satellite TV. Keep Smiling ;-)

Saturday started out like all the rest, we went on our walk and I saw something here that I have never seen in 10+ yrs. Any guess as to what it may have been?? Yep, a Rattle Snake, that's right my first one ever. To bad it saw the under side of a tire before I got to see him. He was still a little twitchy though and moved a little once before we tossed him into the field. Ran to town and got road blocked by the parade, well if you can call it that. A few old cars and some people riding on the fire truck and some convertibles, I assume the royalty. I must say that it was probably the busiest day of the year for the market though. Did a little yard work and am still trying to figure out a good way to transfer water with what I have. It was a siphon hose today and I will work on it some more tomorrow. I had to set up the rest of the office today, so what I did was put the all in one down into the basement pass through net to the modem and the wireless router, it worked out great and needless to say I had to work today as well which required it ;-).
Tease and I sat on the cliff edge tonight to watch the fireworks in town, 10 miles away and they were a perfect height to see them. We were all covered up by our net that covers the hammock, very cute. Keep Smiling.

Friday the 2nd, well the water went allot better than I thought it was going to. I cut two holes in the tops of the 55 gallon drums to accommodate the water flow and allow the air to escape as well. It worked great until the last barrel that was not translucent and I couldn't see the amount of water, larger overflow LOL it was fun just the same. A ton on bad weather today, high wind and rain as well, had to re stake Teresa's garage for her car (an easy up for you and me) the wind did it's best but I battled and won. Oh man, I have two bird feeders up with seed in them, well when I was out there tending to one of them, the birds and chipmunks came right up to me like I wasn't even there. That was really cool, I am going to try and get the chip monks to eat from my hand. The neighbors that bought our house came over today and totally loved the place. We have been down to the pigs place for a couple hours and I am trying to get Tease to go back down. I have learned allot about the road history from Larry Degrey, I appreciate that. Needless to say, a few cocktails have been mixed in. It is the 4th of July weekend after all. Wish some of you were up here with us, we miss you all.

Thursday the 1st, I really need to try and do this the night of if possible. Last night however, right when I was logging in the power went out. That is the first time we have had the power go out in 9 years, well at least while we have been here. We finally got the boat on the water today, Teresa was the only one to catch a couple keepers, minus the Small Mouth that we always through back, not a fan of the flavor of them. The weather today was less then desirable, the winds were hitting 30/40 MPH I'm sure and some of the lightning storms were awesome. The boys made it through with no problems. They pretty much just did what they always do, SLEEP... We are going to go back and try this water thing again today, hope it goes better than before. I think I have a new method, I'll let you know how it goes later. Keep Smiling ;-)

Wed, follow up and finish. We went over to Rabbit Gulch, (this is a campground across the bay from us) to see Chris and Heather Leonelli, they are the folks that bought our house from us. Heather's family stays at the campground every year for the week before the fourth. We may have had a few shots and a couple drinks while over there. Needless to say, when we got back home, the night was most differently over. ;-)

The First Week.

Well Well, the time had come. The last trailer was filled and the cats were loaded into there carriers, we were leaving our 3500 sq ft Parade of Homes home and heading to the lake to live in a combination of two trailers, ( a new used fifth wheel for us and our 1996 28ft Dutchmen for the boys (our kitties)). How lucky are they?



Day one was fairly uneventful, mostly felt like we were here and getting ready for a camping weekend. Not counting the getting the trailers ready and unloading the flatbed. The boys were really weirded out the first night, Angus didn't leave the cat tower the entire first day, Maui was kinda nonchalant about the whole thing.

Day two "Friday"went allot like day one did. We still had allot to unpack, not feeling as much like we are camping anymore. So much more work than usual, we are spreading more gravel, blocking off some of the ATV trails as well as walking trails. Speaking of walking, we are walking every morning and enjoying that. The boys are doing better, still sleeping all day as usual.
We did go down and see the PFers and Ray and Linda and told them we were going to live here for the summer, had a great reaction from them all, (Holy S*** what do you mean) I will fill you all in on the road and the other camping groups later on.

Day three, this was an exciting day for us. Direct TV was coming out to install the satellite woo hoo. Still though we come back to the reality that we are living here now and need to get things figured out, like adding allot of water to the trailer at a time, will add pics soon, (sorry) as well as food storage and laundry etc. So the TV guy came and it went well, TV in 3 rooms, well two TVs are in the same room and one is our big flat screen. ;-)

Day four is the day I really have started trying to figure this whole water thing out, I could siphon only so far down the 55 gallon water tanks I have, you know the big blue ones. So I had to make a funnel and pour the water into a 5 gallon jug and then pour it into the funnel which in turn filled the trailer. Not the funnest thing to do but funny because Teresa was holding the funnel and I soaked her a few times. Oh, about water. I went into town and found that you can get a water card for $30 a month and use up to 8000 gallons a month, didn't use that much in our house in West Jordan (WJ). I have a future story on day 7 about the water filling station, wow that sucked.

Day five for me was not all that great, I went back to WJ to fill, "all right" our last trailer of stuff. I did have a trailer and truck full still in the garage of the old house. As it turns out about a load the same size for the dump. After the filling of the stuff, I headed over to Chari's house (our daughter) to do some more work on her house. It wont be so easy for that to happen for a while and or forever, depending on were we end up for the winter. That will be an extension of this blog. After doing some work and some email and KSL searches for water barrels (250 gallon or larger, anyone) I headed home. Wow, headed home... how surreal. Whatever you do, don't drive from Salt Lake to Duchesne at dusk, unless you are very good at playing dodge the deer. Turns out, I'm pretty good at it.

Day six was also a good day, INTERNET arrives just after our walk, again Woo Hoo. I don't know how we could do it without TV and Internet. After the Internet guy left and we played a little bit, we went back to work on the property. We put up the screen tent and did some more clean up of the rocks and trails. Those friends that have been to our property may or may not like the changes. Only one way in and one way out of the ATV trail system, over near the shed. We do want to keep it nice and clean now that we are here full time. We did do a little riding ourselves today, found that the trail to the Blue Lagoon is open for ATVs again. Yeah. For how long is yet to be seen. It is feeling like we are starting to get the hang of it.

Day seven, well this has been a fun day so far. Yep, the water story. So we go to town, (Duchesne, about 9 miles from the property) and run a few errands, check the PO Box, get Tease a fishing licence, a few items from Kohls, (the little hardware store). And then the big moment, we go to the water fill up station and we try to figure out how this thing works. You slide your card and flip the switch is what I was told. Well, the water in that thing comes out a 3" pipe and at about 100 gallons a minute. So there I am with a 55 gallon tank with a 2.5" hole in the top. Do I need say more, oh I do? Ok I will, more water in the truck and on the ground and myself then in the tank. Back to the hardware store, 3" PVC pipe with the expanded end still on the pipe and back to the water station to try it again, more water in the tank, however much more water on the Scott as well. That was kind of funny, I am still trying to figure out what to do. Again if anyone has a large storage tank that they are looking to sell, for a good price of course. Let me know. I will continue on as the day ends.