More of the same

Once again, we headed up to the cottage on Friday May 15 to continue with the laundry list of to do's that has piled up.

We had again arrived early and we all went to work with the exception of Cam who mearly tooled around on his ATV all night long. I attempted to fix Ole' Blue which was worthless - strike one. I then attempted to activate the dish - strike two. I could not get a signal. And finally, I was to take my truck into Rhinelander to be painted AGAIN. Of course, Custom Collision was not able to accept the truck to paint even though I had talked with them not 24 hours earlier. My advice - stay away from Custom Collision in Rhinelander. Next step - new truck as I can't stand this one anymore.

All in all Friday was a complete bust for me. Carrie cleaned out the flower beds and unpacked everything in the house.

Saturday we packed up the trailer and headed to my Dad's for some wrenching on the trailer and Carrie's ATV. We had purchased a new seat for the ATV and needed that installed. That turned into a bigger deal than I had anticipated - just like everything I do. Anyway - 2 hours later, we have a seat installed. I then needed to get a few tie down points mounted on the trailer so that I can haul 4 ATV's on it for Memorial Day weekend. Together my dad and I got that all set.

From there to Boomba for lunch and then back to Dad's for a quick ATV ride to test out the new seat for Cam. I think that he liked the seat and seems pretty safe as far as he can not fall out. Back in about an hour or so as the wind and cold were taking its toll. After loading the trailer with both our's and Danny's ATV's, we were off to the cottage for dinner and Carrie continued her flowering outside.





I did end up getting Ole' Blue started after replacing the selenoid. Up and running and all was good again. It has been about 5 months since it last started and I was getting a bit frustrated.

Sunday was a nice warm day. We made a big breakfast and then went to mow the lawn and trim. Once done there, I removed the septic tank covers to make sure all looked well down there as we have been getting some wafts of odor outside our front door front the vent on the roof. All looked good so I sealed it all up and will call the plumber on Monday to see what's up with it. Cam continued on his ATV exploring, Carrie continued adding and moving plants outside in her rock garden and I continued to haul rocks for said rock garden. Hopefully that is done.

Packed up and back home by about 5:30pm.

Lesson of the weekend - The ticks suck in May.