Well we’ve been back

We’ve been back 18 days and have been crazy busy. Dock in…thanks Brian Thomas, Raft in after replacing anchors (still wondering what happened to a few cement blocks and a five gallon pail of cement) , boat in (after polishing pontoons. More on the why later), gazebo roof on and screens replaced, furniture out, gardens weeded, lawn mowed twice to name a few things.

Finally got around to cleaning the outside of the airstream. OMG it was dirty. Really noticed when I missed spots see below. Looks good now. Jo cleaned the inside floors and walls and washed linens and sheets. Did I mention the almost full cup of coffee with Dunkin’ Donuts extra extra creamer i spilled into the range and down the cabinets. Learned how to take cooktop off at least. Jo discovered more places we missed while cleaning. What a sticky mess. Extra extra sticky. At least this time I didn’t kill a laptop. Don’t ask….

Our first couple of weeks have pretty much rained every day with occasional glorious breaks of sunshine and warmth. During one of the sunny breaks we had our grandchildren over. Jo wanted to teach them how to kayak so we bought a youth kayak. After an hour or less of practice off we went with Conan urging us on to go to the sandbar in the middle of the lake. Ella sat on my lap in my kayak. We have a new kayaker with one in the making.

As for pontoon polishing I had used muriatic acid to clean them last fall. Takes off the crud and waterlines but also makes them dull grey. Soooo with my helpful neighbor’s polisher ( Dennis has everything – thanks Dennis) I spent a few hours polishing and came out shiny! God forbid I have a dull looking boat.

Back to the raft. Brian and I pulled the raft down the bank to the water and then noticed my float attached to the anchors was gone. On further inspection everything was gone as was my neighbors float. Also no sign of the anchors. In the past someone asked him to remove them as they were in the way of tubing and when he refused they pulled them out of the water and piled them on a neighbors beach. I’m beginning to wonder if this is a repeat but soooo weird that someone would remove the anchors as there is tons of lake to tube and our raft isn’t out far. So far no luck finding any of the two anchors in only 5 feet of water. Odd to say the least.

I have glossed over the fact that Brian had to help me with the dock. Jo had some back pain pre trip making us both worried sitting in the truck for hours would be horrible. Luckily her back got better until a few days prior to return to Maine at the end of the trip and has persisted so no dock work etc. Dr Bill prescribed steroids which initially worked but now not so much so off to Urgent Care today. All those years as an ICU moving heavy unconscious patients catching up. Need to get this girl better for the next trip. Send healing prayers our way please.