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Tuesday, April 3, 2012

INCLUDING AN UPDATE FROM SARA JEPSEN...


INCLUDING AN UPDATE FROM SARA JEPSEN, WITH NEWS FROM THE FARM AS WELL..



Hello folks.  It is 15° out but it is so gray and snowy that I just want to crawl back in my bed till the sun appears.  It has been snowing lightly and gray since Sunday – quite the April Fool’s joke to wake up to.  I know, it’s all normal (mom, I can hear your voice telling me that!).

My trip to Fish Lake was a success!  The guys hauled up grain, clean dish towels, oil, chain saw gas and oil, lumber (support beams), tools, and other such things needed for the fall hunting trips.  I didn’t have to haul anything except myself and my camera.  Good thing since that was hard enough for me.  We spent a lot of unnecessary time at Stone House because we had to unload the wood and redistribute the weight over four machines rather than on one machine.  It was thought that one machine was sufficient despite some of our doubts.  Once at Fish Lake, the guys spent some time making repairs on the cabin and hauling some of the lumber for a bridge to a spot that I never saw at the end of the lake.  Cody and I spent some time trying to get up to Farrin’s cabin.  Since the snow was waist deep, it was quite the trek!  Then Seth followed us with his machine and went right up there easily.  L   But, I was so sore on Sunday while I was doing Sunday cook that I couldn’t squat without having to squeak and groan!  Very unappealing, I know. 

Friday, Steve and Judy went to Eagle’s Ridge to pick up Bro George Harris who has been up in the area.  Bro George stayed with us through Sunday night, preaching on Sunday morning (which I missed because I was in the kitchen). 

Steve Houston arrived on Friday too and will be with us for a week.  I guess the loggers have been bugging Steve to come up so he could see their logging and milling expansions.  Steve has been as happy as a clam every time I see him.

Sunday was “home” day it seemed with George and Steve both here.  All the guys hung around for hours after the morning service and again after supper.  After supper, we pulled out hunting and salmon homemade dvds to show them.  It was a fun day.

Today is one more trip to Fish Lake to haul things up to the cabin.  It’s probably good that it is gray and snowy since it was really melting on Friday which made snowmachining difficult for a couple of reasons – no snow and/or slipping around in hard wet snow. 

Ethan and Jarrerd are flying out today to help Craig Milliron drive up here.  Craig will be staying up here for a couple of months to visit his family while finishing up his schooling.  Craig finished his stint in the Navy this spring. 

Rich and Liz are going to Fairbanks today to pick up Rus and Millie.

The loggers are madly trying to finish up their winter logging before the roads get too slushy and mushy.

I better get.  Talk to you later.  








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