The Trip

The trip to Canada was, for the most part, uneventful.  But when has anything in my life been uneventful.  I invited my friend, neighbor and co-worker Alana to come up to Canada with me.  So, after work we had her husband bring their son, Cole, to our work.  He dropped him off and said the Freeway was a nightmare.  (Hoop fest weekend.)  So we got on the road and All of a sudden it popped into my head that I had forgot to put my  passport into the vehicle.  We ended up turning around, and going back to the house to get the passport. 
I guess I should preface it by letting you all know that I have never driven the back way, through Grand Coulee, to Canada before.  As we were driving, w/passports in hand, chit chatting away, I missed the turnoff from highway 2 @ Wilbur and went all the way to the end of the Road.  Then we went up through a different town and up to Grand Coulee.  Oh, I have to say the Dam was so beautiful tonight, coming home, They had all the gates open and the water was flowing pretty good.  I left my camera up Canada w/Nan so I wasn't able to take any pics of it .  But it was pretty awesome.  We made it there Friday night just in time for dinner (8:00) and then visited.  We couldn't get the kids to settle down till after 11 pm then Hunter was up @ 6am.  Alana had to get up w/the boys, they were fishing for a while, then again later.  Well, on and off all day long, Cole finally caught a Trout, and that was about the end of the fishing.  We were suppose to eat it for dinner, then breakfast, then I noticed it still in the water when I left.  (poor fishee). 
One of the many things that I didn't do on my week without the kids was to buy a fan for the cabin.  The one that was purchased didn't drop down so the blades ended up hitting the ceiling.  On the box of the fan that I purchased, said it was a "10-minute" fan.  2 hours later we were still trying to figure out what screw goes where. 
Then Nan got Hunter and Cole to "start"/ finish tearing up the back tent platform.  I guess when Scott and Amy family went up there a while ago, she had Zach and Alyssa start tearing it down.  Except they started in the middle??? Whatever.  After Hunter and Cole had been shown, by Jimmy, how to tear it apart with a crowbar.  They finished it in no time.  Even though it was freezing, we went for a dip in the ice, I mean Lake.  Brrrr.   I got out and then got in again. then got out for good.  Alana stayed in after the second time and she payed for it later.  She had a hard time getting warm.  This was around 7 pm, of course. We ate dinner and then Hunter, Nan and Jimmy went  back out and took all the wood up to the trailer for dumping tomorrow.  But, they finished it.  and Hunter got paid a lot of money for helping w/tearing down things.  I think it was very good for him and he didn't hardly complain.  Earlier in the week he was able to tear down the back of the building where the freezer and extra fridge was at.  I heard he even had fun doing that.  (But I won't say that too loud.)
Before they started, Nan made me go out and take pictures so they could have a before and after.  While the "during part" was going on I went out and took pictures.  I felt something on the heel of my flip flop and tried shaking it off.   Then I noticed it was a nail, it went all the way in....
my 2" flip flop and I had to have Jimmy pull it out cause it was stuck.  Thank goodness for really thick flip flops.  Later as Jimmy was tying  off the load, his rope broke and he took a tumble backward.  He had the brick retaining wall to catch him on one side and the cement mixer on the other.  He wanted to be really safe so he decided to use both of them.  His right elbow looks like raw meat and his left, lower bicep looks really pretty.  Like he wanted to see how many colors he could get on two arms. 
He said that he felt like it took him 10 minutes to fall cause he just kept falling and couldn't catch himself on anything.  Well, he caught himself alright.  On EVERYTHING that he possible could.  His flip flop came off as he was trying to catch himself and after I rushed over to him, the thing he complained about most was his foot hurting..  crazy, I know.