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. ;-)