Took Flo into Delta for some fingerprints and since Annie was cooking had to take Rob in too...while in town he decided to get the 24hr. stomach bug. Was sick most of the day, using a small bucket provided by his mother for the occasion. I will say he was a trooper though, kept telling me "Mom I'm sick"...in a deep John Wayne voice. Poor kid, I think he was trying to be brave, but when we got home, he had a fever of 104, so I put him in a tub of luke warm water to bring that fever down and then wrapped him in a sleeping bag and put him to bed...sipping his Gatorade. He has me spoiled because he hardly is ever sick, the healthiest of all my kids...next day he was up again like nothing happened...but he's snot totally his old self yet.
I took one of his training wheels off of his bike so now he only has one which is 3 in. off the ground. I wanted to see if he cld keep his balance w/o it. Sure enough he took off as if nothing happened. It was quite funny really, 'cause I did it at night when he was in bed, next morning I watched from the kitchen window to see what he wld do when he got ready to leave on his bike...he didn't notice at first, but then when he got on he realized what had happened ..so he got off and with his arms akimbo said: "Who did this?!"....it was pretty funny 'cause there was nobody around and he kept looking for some prankster to appear...finally he just shrugged, got on and took off...I'm gonna keep it on so that it keeps the bike upright when he parks it, most of the other kids bikes are all strewn around the place. Kids don't seem to think it necessary to park them properly or use the kickstand, Rob won't hv to worry about that, since his bike stays propped out, albeit rather lopsided, but that does not seem to bother him.
The reason the cabin is quiet is 'cause Pat is still in Brookes Range with Mcann, Big Pat and May hv gone hunting out to Hunter's camp below the Fish Lake cabin...so all is quiet...
Big Pat was able to use the ACS phone from Flatop (a higher place where there is a signal) and he calls every evening, when they are out scoping the land for moose and other critters. Everything was pretty quiet for a while. Until last night he finally called with more exciting news. May spotted a small bull ambling into the perimiter of camp. Great excitement! Hunters scrambling to get their firearms, I can just see it! Anyhoo, they all got a shot at the thing, but May tagged it since she spotted it. Her first moose!
Tommy took his two girls so May has some company. And this time she is not sick, so I think they are all enjoying each others conmpany and the lovely fall weather, not cold and blustery or rainy like other times. They have been gone since last Monday and are supposed to stay until next Monday, maybe Tommy will get another one.
Tony and his boys hv been kept busy for days going up and down the various mountains with the pack horses, trying to keep up with the hunters. I think the horses are getting pretty tired.
Tomorrow, Sunday we are supposed to cut up 2 moose from East Fork. I think there are 5 in all now.
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